diff --git a/lib/game_data.js b/lib/game_data.js
index 44f629d4..c9166b12 100644
--- a/lib/game_data.js
+++ b/lib/game_data.js
@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ class GameData {
         Given returned iteminfo, finds the item's min/max float, name, weapon type, and image url using CSGO game data
     */
     addAdditionalItemProperties(iteminfo) {
-        if (!this.items_game || !this.items_game_cdn || !this.csgo_english) return;
+        // items_game_cdn is optional: SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CS2 no longer ships
+        // items_game_cdn.txt (see https://github.com/csfloat/inspect/issues/250), so it
+        // will permanently be false in practice. Only the imageurl field depends on it —
+        // everything else (floatvalue/paintseed/paintindex/names) only needs items_game
+        // and csgo_english, so we must not let a missing CDN file block enrichment.
+        if (!this.items_game || !this.csgo_english) return;
 
         // Get sticker codename/name
         const stickerKits = this.items_game.sticker_kits;
@@ -222,11 +227,13 @@ class GameData {
             weapon_name = this.items_game['items'][iteminfo.defindex]['name'];
         }
 
-        // Get the image url
-        let image_name = weapon_name + skin_name;
+        // Get the image url (best-effort: items_game_cdn is frequently unavailable upstream)
+        if (this.items_game_cdn) {
+            let image_name = weapon_name + skin_name;
 
-        if (image_name in this.items_game_cdn) {
-            iteminfo['imageurl'] = this.items_game_cdn[image_name];
+            if (image_name in this.items_game_cdn) {
+                iteminfo['imageurl'] = this.items_game_cdn[image_name];
+            }
         }
 
         // Get the paint data and code name