diff --git a/ReflexToQ3/main.cpp b/ReflexToQ3/main.cpp
index f275d9b..1ae6794 100644
--- a/ReflexToQ3/main.cpp
+++ b/ReflexToQ3/main.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <exception>
 
 #include "cxxopts.hpp"
 
@@ -112,7 +113,11 @@ void convert_entities(const cxxopts::Options &o, const vector<vector<string> > &
         fn = &brushdef_gtk;
     }
     for (const vector<string> &entity : q) {
-        write(entity, fout, fn, e);
+        try {
+            write(entity, fout, fn, e);
+        } catch (exception &e) {
+            cerr << e.what() << endl;
+        }
     }
 }