diff --git a/src/dokuwiki.scm b/src/dokuwiki.scm
index 1d38233..b28eef1 100644
--- a/src/dokuwiki.scm
+++ b/src/dokuwiki.scm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	 (chicken pathname)
 	 (chicken io)
 	 (chicken string)
+	 (chicken condition)
 	 racket-kwargs
 	 configuration
 	 util-parser
@@ -68,8 +69,11 @@
 
  ;; Parses all users from given filename
  (define (load-dokuwiki-users-auth fname)
-   (with-input-from-file fname
-     parse-dokuwiki-users-auth))
+   (handle-exceptions
+    exn
+    '()
+    (with-input-from-file fname
+      parse-dokuwiki-users-auth)))
 
  ;; Loads all users from default dokuwiki users database
  (define* (dokuwiki-load-users (doku-base (*doku-base*)))