diff --git a/plugins/import/BibTeX/ImportBibTeX.cpp b/plugins/import/BibTeX/ImportBibTeX.cpp
index 28f746715b..ba64d561a3 100644
--- a/plugins/import/BibTeX/ImportBibTeX.cpp
+++ b/plugins/import/BibTeX/ImportBibTeX.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2019-2023  The Talipot developers
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024  The Talipot developers
  *
  * Talipot is a fork of Tulip, created by David Auber
  * and the Tulip development Team from LaBRI, University of Bordeaux
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ class ImportBibTeX : public ImportModule {
       sstr << "BibTeX file parsing error at char " << e.column() << " of line " << e.line() << ": "
            << e.what() << endl;
       pluginProgress->setError(sstr.str());
+    } catch (exception &e) {
+      pluginProgress->setError("BibTeX file could not be parsed: " + string(e.what()));
     }
 
     result = !graph->isEmpty();