diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
index 203e661a70..958b08db76 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FilePattern.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ private final void load0(File file, Loader loader) {
         try {
             loader.load(Source.of(file, encoding));
         }
-        catch (Exception e) {
+        catch (RuntimeException e) {
             log.error("Error while loading file: " + file);
             throw e;
         }