diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
index 363cbe94d..a290ff760 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ namespace
 {
 QString detectModArchive(QString path, QString modName, std::vector<std::string> & filesToExtract)
 {
-	ZipArchive archive(qstringToPath(path));
-
-	filesToExtract = archive.listFiles();
+	try {
+		ZipArchive archive(qstringToPath(path));
+		filesToExtract = archive.listFiles();
+	}
+	catch (const std::runtime_error & e)
+	{
+		logGlobal->error("Failed to open zip archive. Reason: %s", e.what());
+		return "";
+	}
 
 	QString modDirName;
 
diff --git a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
index f1f5cdf49..a3e1de6e2 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
+++ b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ ZipArchive::ZipArchive(const boost::filesystem::path & from)
 #endif
 
 	if (archive == nullptr)
-		throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + from.string() + "' - unable to list files!");
+		throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open file '" + from.string());
 }
 
 ZipArchive::~ZipArchive()