diff --git a/components/blitz/src/ome/formats/importer/ImportLibrary.java b/components/blitz/src/ome/formats/importer/ImportLibrary.java
index 14f94dd1c05..f68d83563b6 100644
--- a/components/blitz/src/ome/formats/importer/ImportLibrary.java
+++ b/components/blitz/src/ome/formats/importer/ImportLibrary.java
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ else if (config.targetClass.get() == "omero.model.Screen")
                     importImage(ic, index, numDone, containers.size());
                     numDone++;
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    notifyObservers(new ErrorHandler.INTERNAL_EXCEPTION(
+                        ic.getFile().toString(), new RuntimeException(t),
+                        ic.getUsedFiles(), ic.getReader()));
                     if (!config.contOnError.get()) {
                         log.info("Exiting on error");
                         return false;