diff --git a/src/resconfig/io/paths.py b/src/resconfig/io/paths.py
index 74f7714..eaf313c 100644
--- a/src/resconfig/io/paths.py
+++ b/src/resconfig/io/paths.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from logging import getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from ..typing import FilePath
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@
 from . import toml
 from . import yaml
 
+log = getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ConfigPath(type(Path())):
     """Path for configuration file."""
@@ -18,7 +21,12 @@ def dump(self, content):
 
     def load(self):
         with open(self) as f:
-            return self.module.load(f)
+            try:
+                content = self.module.load(f) or {}
+            except Exception:
+                log.exception("Error occured loading from %s; assume empty...", self)
+                content = {}
+            return content
 
     @classmethod
     def from_extension(cls, filename: FilePath) -> "ConfigPath":