diff --git a/src/ludus/loader.clj b/src/ludus/loader.clj
index 12ccc17..f65d055 100644
--- a/src/ludus/loader.clj
+++ b/src/ludus/loader.clj
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 (ns ludus.loader
-	(:require [babashka.fs :as fs]))
+  (:require [babashka.fs :as fs]))
 
 (defn cwd [] (fs/cwd))
 
 (defn load-import
-	([file] (-> file (fs/canonicalize) (fs/file) (slurp)))
-	([file from]
-		(load-import 
-		(fs/path
-			(fs/parent (fs/canonicalize from))
-			(fs/path file)))))
+  ([file] 
+   (let [path (-> file (fs/canonicalize) (fs/file))]
+     (try (slurp path)
+       (catch java.io.FileNotFoundException _ 
+         (throw (ex-info (str "File " path " not found") {:path path ::error true}))))))
+  ([file from]
+   (load-import 
+     (fs/path
+       (fs/parent (fs/canonicalize from))
+       (fs/path file)))))