From 677911967a2e2defe4ba20201962c48c5b66f6f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrett <jrainier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 16:07:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Improved error handling for JSON files

---
 pcbmode/utils/component.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pcbmode/utils/component.py b/pcbmode/utils/component.py
index 5c05081f..ecc62a6e 100644
--- a/pcbmode/utils/component.py
+++ b/pcbmode/utils/component.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def __init__(self, refdef, component):
         footprint_dict = None
         for path in paths:
             if os.path.isfile(path):
-                footprint_dict = dictFromJsonFile(path)
+                try:
+                    footprint_dict = dictFromJsonFile(path)
+                except:
+                    msg.error("Cannot parse JSON at file %s." % path)
                 break
 
         if footprint_dict == None: