diff --git a/src/Thumbview.cc b/src/Thumbview.cc
index 7724d8f..39ae5d6 100644
--- a/src/Thumbview.cc
+++ b/src/Thumbview.cc
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ Thumbview::Thumbview()
 	try {
 		this->loading_image = Gtk::IconTheme::get_default()->load_icon("image-loading", 64, Gtk::ICON_LOOKUP_FORCE_SVG);
 	} catch (Gtk::IconThemeError e) {}
+      catch (Gdk::PixbufError e) { std::cerr << "ERR loading image-loading icon, msg: " << e.what() << "\n"; } 
 
 	// init dispatcher 
 	this->dispatch_thumb.connect(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Thumbview::handle_dispatch_thumb));