diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
index 3c5279e75..1a460700c 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class TextMateGrammar
     plist.parseString fs.read(path), (e, data) ->
       throw new Error(e) if e
       grammar = new TextMateGrammar(data[0])
+    throw new Error("Failed to load grammar at path `#{path}`") unless grammar
     grammar
 
   name: null