diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index d5dc41d096..0a98ca47bd 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Actor* LoadFromActorFile( CString sIniPath, CString sLayer )
 	// TODO: Check for recursive loading
 	IniFile ini;
 	ini.SetPath( sIniPath );
-	ini.ReadFile();
+	if( !ini.ReadFile() )
+		RageException::Throw( "%s", ini.error.c_str() );
 	
 	if( !ini.GetKey(sLayer) )
 		RageException::Throw( "The file '%s' doesn't have layer '%s'.", sIniPath.c_str(), sLayer.c_str() );