From 9fc8d94d9615ed7d3684fc2296c9a93e1ea7f797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:51:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try..except block around load_wallet

---
 gui/qt/__init__.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gui/qt/__init__.py b/gui/qt/__init__.py
index 55e5953b..68bab722 100644
--- a/gui/qt/__init__.py
+++ b/gui/qt/__init__.py
@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ class ElectrumGui:
                 w.bring_to_top()
                 break
         else:
-            wallet = self.daemon.load_wallet(path, None)
+            try:
+                wallet = self.daemon.load_wallet(path, None)
+            except  BaseException as e:
+                d = QMessageBox(QMessageBox.Warning, _('Error'), 'Cannot load wallet:\n' + str(e))
+                d.exec_()
+                return
             if not wallet:
                 storage = WalletStorage(path)
                 wizard = InstallWizard(self.config, self.app, self.plugins, storage)