diff --git a/src/platform/common.hpp b/src/platform/common.hpp
index 61324cc..87fb40d 100644
--- a/src/platform/common.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/common.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <exception>
 #include <ios>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -259,6 +260,12 @@ T load_bytes(FILE* obj_file, off_t offset) {
     return object;
 }
 
+class file_error : std::exception {
+    virtual const char* what() const noexcept {
+        return "Unable to read file";
+    }
+};
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(pop)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/platform/elf.hpp b/src/platform/elf.hpp
index 2e9c73f..22e9979 100644
--- a/src/platform/elf.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/elf.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static uintptr_t elf_get_module_image_base_from_program_table(
 
 static uintptr_t elf_get_module_image_base(const std::string& obj_path) {
     FILE* file = fopen(obj_path.c_str(), "rb");
+    if(file == nullptr) {
+        throw file_error();
+    }
     // Initial checks/metadata
     auto magic = load_bytes<std::array<char, 4>>(file, 0);
     internal_verify(magic == (std::array<char, 4>{0x7F, 'E', 'L', 'F'}));
diff --git a/src/platform/mach-o.hpp b/src/platform/mach-o.hpp
index 8877d74..e519d56 100644
--- a/src/platform/mach-o.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/mach-o.hpp
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ static uintptr_t macho_get_text_vmaddr_fat(FILE* obj_file, bool should_swap) {
 
 static uintptr_t macho_get_text_vmaddr(const char* path) {
     FILE* obj_file = fopen(path, "rb");
+    if(obj_file == nullptr) {
+        throw file_error();
+    }
     uint32_t magic = load_bytes<uint32_t>(obj_file, 0);
     bool is_64 = is_magic_64(magic);
     bool should_swap = should_swap_bytes(magic);
diff --git a/src/platform/pe.hpp b/src/platform/pe.hpp
index d9e3e08..94f5ad1 100644
--- a/src/platform/pe.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/pe.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ T pe_byteswap_if_needed(T value) {
 
 static uintptr_t pe_get_module_image_base(const std::string& obj_path) {
     FILE* file = fopen(obj_path.c_str(), "rb");
+    if(file == nullptr) {
+        throw file_error();
+    }
     auto magic = load_bytes<std::array<char, 2>>(file, 0);
     internal_verify(memcmp(magic.data(), "MZ", 2) == 0);
     DWORD e_lfanew = pe_byteswap_if_needed(load_bytes<DWORD>(file, 0x3c)); // dos header + 0x3c
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_addr2line.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_addr2line.cpp
index 9911aee..7647d9d 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_addr2line.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_addr2line.cpp
@@ -317,10 +317,16 @@ namespace cpptrace {
                     // on macos when looking up the shared object containing `start`.
                     if(!entry.obj_path.empty()) {
                         ///fprintf(stderr, "%s %s\n", to_hex(entry.raw_address).c_str(), to_hex(entry.raw_address - entry.obj_base + base).c_str());
-                        entries[entry.obj_path].emplace_back(
-                            to_hex(entry.raw_address - entry.obj_base + get_module_image_base(entry)),
-                            trace[i]
-                        );
+                        try {
+                            entries[entry.obj_path].emplace_back(
+                                to_hex(entry.raw_address - entry.obj_base + get_module_image_base(entry)),
+                                trace[i]
+                            );
+                        } catch(file_error) {
+                            //
+                        } catch(...) {
+                            throw;
+                        }
                         // Set what is known for now, and resolutions from addr2line should overwrite
                         trace[i].filename = entry.obj_path;
                         trace[i].symbol = entry.symbol;