diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 988082c..929f912 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "voicemeeter-api"
-version = "2.3.6"
+version = "2.3.7"
 description = "A Python wrapper for the Voiceemeter API"
 authors = ["onyx-and-iris <code@onyxandiris.online>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/voicemeeterlib/config.py b/voicemeeterlib/config.py
index c1c7fdf..6e7b95e 100644
--- a/voicemeeterlib/config.py
+++ b/voicemeeterlib/config.py
@@ -147,8 +147,13 @@ class Loader(metaclass=SingletonType):
             self.logger.info(
                 f"config file with name {identifier} already in memory, skipping.."
             )
-            return False
-        self.parser = dataextraction_factory(data)
+            return
+        try:
+            self.parser = dataextraction_factory(data)
+        except tomllib.TOMLDecodeError as e:
+            ERR_MSG = (str(e), f"When attempting to load {identifier}.toml")
+            self.logger.error(f"{type(e).__name__}: {' '.join(ERR_MSG)}")
+            return
         return True
 
     def register(self, identifier, data=None):