diff --git a/src/g_game.cpp b/src/g_game.cpp
index 629202ea5b..48bda24f5f 100644
--- a/src/g_game.cpp
+++ b/src/g_game.cpp
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ void G_DoLoadGame ()
 	{
 		// delete the resource file if anything goes wrong in here.
 		if (resfile != nullptr) delete resfile;
-		return;
+		throw;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/g_level.cpp b/src/g_level.cpp
index 90b31138d2..119cde378d 100644
--- a/src/g_level.cpp
+++ b/src/g_level.cpp
@@ -1512,7 +1512,11 @@ void G_UnSnapshotLevel (bool hubLoad)
 	if (level.info->isValid())
 	{
 		FSerializer arc;
-		if (!arc.OpenReader(&level.info->Snapshot)) return;
+		if (!arc.OpenReader(&level.info->Snapshot))
+		{
+			I_Error("Failed to load savegame");
+			return;
+		}
 
 		G_SerializeLevel (arc, hubLoad);
 		level.FromSnapshot = true;