diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
index 9f7037272..d32d9a7e5 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
@@ -4898,7 +4898,15 @@ void Plater::load_gcode(const wxString& filename)
     // process gcode
     GCodeProcessor processor;
     processor.enable_producers(true);
-    processor.process_file(filename.ToUTF8().data(), false);
+    try
+    {
+        processor.process_file(filename.ToUTF8().data(), false);
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& ex)
+    {
+        show_error(this, ex.what());
+        return;
+    }
     p->gcode_result = std::move(processor.extract_result());
 
     // show results