diff --git a/evadb/executor/load_executor.py b/evadb/executor/load_executor.py
index 254465c1a2..c90c7ccec3 100644
--- a/evadb/executor/load_executor.py
+++ b/evadb/executor/load_executor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from evadb.database import EvaDBDatabase
 from evadb.executor.abstract_executor import AbstractExecutor
+from evadb.executor.executor_utils import ExecutorError
 from evadb.executor.load_csv_executor import LoadCSVExecutor
 from evadb.executor.load_multimedia_executor import LoadMultimediaExecutor
 from evadb.parser.types import FileFormatType
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ def exec(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
 
         # invoke the appropriate executor
+        if self.node.file_options["file_format"] is None:
+            err_msg = "Invalid file format, please use supported file formats: CSV | VIDEO | IMAGE | DOCUMENT | PDF"
+            raise ExecutorError(err_msg)
         if self.node.file_options["file_format"] in [
             FileFormatType.VIDEO,
             FileFormatType.IMAGE,
diff --git a/test/integration_tests/long/test_load_executor.py b/test/integration_tests/long/test_load_executor.py
index c7e486b84a..05a479a8f4 100644
--- a/test/integration_tests/long/test_load_executor.py
+++ b/test/integration_tests/long/test_load_executor.py
@@ -500,6 +500,13 @@ def test_load_pdfs(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(result.columns), 4)
         self.assertEqual(len(result), 26)
 
+    def test_load_query_incorrect_fileFormat(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ExecutorError):
+            execute_query_fetch_all(
+                self.evadb,
+                f"""LOAD document '{EvaDB_ROOT_DIR}/data/documents/*.pdf' INTO pdfs;""",
+            )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()