diff --git a/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/api/localization/BSBLocale.java b/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/api/localization/BSBLocale.java
index dccfc9d0b..0dc06fbca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/api/localization/BSBLocale.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/api/localization/BSBLocale.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 
+import us.tastybento.bskyblock.BSkyBlock;
 import us.tastybento.bskyblock.util.ItemParser;
 
 /**
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ public class BSBLocale {
     private YamlConfiguration config;
     private ItemStack banner;
 
-    public BSBLocale(Locale locale, File file) {
+    public BSBLocale(Locale locale, YamlConfiguration config) {
         this.locale = locale;
-        config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
+        this.config = config;
 
         // Load the banner from the configuration
         banner = ItemParser.parse(config.getString("banner"));
@@ -79,10 +80,9 @@ public class BSBLocale {
 
     /**
      * Merges a language YAML file to this locale
-     * @param language - language file
+     * @param toBeMerged the YamlConfiguration of the language file
      */
-    public void merge(File language) {
-        YamlConfiguration toBeMerged = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(language);
+    public void merge(YamlConfiguration toBeMerged) {
         for (String key : toBeMerged.getKeys(true)) {
             if (!config.contains(key)) {
                 config.set(key, toBeMerged.get(key));
@@ -93,5 +93,4 @@ public class BSBLocale {
     public boolean contains(String reference) {
         return config.contains(reference);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/managers/LocalesManager.java b/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/managers/LocalesManager.java
index b15f754b9..b3951616a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/managers/LocalesManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/tastybento/bskyblock/managers/LocalesManager.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
+import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 import us.tastybento.bskyblock.BSkyBlock;
 import us.tastybento.bskyblock.api.localization.BSBLocale;
 import us.tastybento.bskyblock.api.user.User;
@@ -85,12 +86,22 @@ public class LocalesManager {
         // Store all the locales available
         for (File language : Objects.requireNonNull(localeDir.listFiles(ymlFilter))) {
             Locale localeObject = Locale.forLanguageTag(language.getName().substring(0, language.getName().length() - 4));
-            if (languages.containsKey(localeObject)) {
-                // Merge into current language
-                languages.get(localeObject).merge(language);
-            } else {
-                // New language
-                languages.put(localeObject, new BSBLocale(localeObject, language));
+
+            try {
+                YamlConfiguration languageYaml = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(language);
+
+                if (languages.containsKey(localeObject)) {
+                    // Merge into current language
+                    languages.get(localeObject).merge(languageYaml);
+                } else {
+                    // New language
+                    languages.put(localeObject, new BSBLocale(localeObject, languageYaml));
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                BSkyBlock.getInstance().logError("Could not load '" + language.getName() + "' : " + e.getMessage()
+                        + " with the following cause '" + e.getCause() + "'." +
+                        " The file has likely an invalid YML format or has been made unreadable during the process."
+                );
             }
         }
     }