diff --git a/bindings/py3devil1geo.py b/bindings/py3devil1geo.py
index 7388053..4102565 100644
--- a/bindings/py3devil1geo.py
+++ b/bindings/py3devil1geo.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class pyMesh:
                               i, 
                               filedata, 
                               len(filedata)):
-                print("failed to get mesh")
+                raise RuntimeError("failed to get mesh")
             del mh, memsize
         return