diff --git a/fmlloader/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/loading/moddiscovery/ModFileParser.java b/fmlloader/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/loading/moddiscovery/ModFileParser.java
index 9d519b5aaa..f11a42707a 100644
--- a/fmlloader/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/loading/moddiscovery/ModFileParser.java
+++ b/fmlloader/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/loading/moddiscovery/ModFileParser.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery;
 
 import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file.FileConfig;
+import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.io.ParsingException;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.mojang.logging.LogUtils;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.LogMarkers;
 import net.minecraftforge.forgespi.language.IModFileInfo;
 import net.minecraftforge.forgespi.locating.IModFile;
 import net.minecraftforge.forgespi.locating.ModFileFactory;
+import net.minecraftforge.forgespi.locating.ModFileLoadingException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class ModFileParser {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
@@ -41,10 +42,15 @@ public class ModFileParser {
         }
 
         final FileConfig fileConfig = FileConfig.builder(modsjson).build();
-        fileConfig.load();
-        fileConfig.close();
-        final NightConfigWrapper configWrapper = new NightConfigWrapper(fileConfig);
-        return new ModFileInfo(modFile, configWrapper, configWrapper::setFile);
+        try {
+            fileConfig.load();
+            fileConfig.close();
+            final NightConfigWrapper configWrapper = new NightConfigWrapper(fileConfig);
+            return new ModFileInfo(modFile, configWrapper, configWrapper::setFile);
+        } catch (ParsingException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Mod candidate {} contains a corrupt or misconfigured toml.", modFile.getFileName());
+            throw new ModFileLoadingException("Mod candidate " + modFile.getFileName() + " contains a corrupt or misconfigured toml.");
+        }
     }
 
     protected static List<CoreModFile> getCoreMods(final ModFile modFile) {