diff --git a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/RegionFile.kt b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/RegionFile.kt
index ff7151d891..9eb48a510a 100644
--- a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/RegionFile.kt
+++ b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/RegionFile.kt
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ internal class RegionFile(val world: World, val file: File, val regionX: Int, va
     }
     
     fun init() {
-        if (file.length() != 0L) {
-            readFile(DataInputStream(file.inputStream()))
+        try {
+            if (file.length() != 0L) {
+                readFile(DataInputStream(file.inputStream()))
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            throw IllegalStateException("Could not initialize region file $file", e)
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/WorldDataStorage.kt b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/WorldDataStorage.kt
index 398c3732a1..eeebdd53e7 100644
--- a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/WorldDataStorage.kt
+++ b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/data/world/WorldDataStorage.kt
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ internal class WorldDataStorage(val world: World) {
     }
     
     fun getRegion(pos: ChunkPos): RegionFile {
-        val rx = pos.x shr 5
-        val rz = pos.z shr 5
-        val rid = (rx.toLong() shl 32) or (rz.toLong() and 0xFFFFFFFF)
-        
-        return regionFiles.getOrPut(rid) {
-            val file = File(regionsFolder, "r.$rx.$rz.nvr")
-            return@getOrPut RegionFile(this.world, file, rx, rz).apply(RegionFile::init)
+        try {
+            val rx = pos.x shr 5
+            val rz = pos.z shr 5
+            val rid = (rx.toLong() shl 32) or (rz.toLong() and 0xFFFFFFFF)
+            
+            return regionFiles.getOrPut(rid) {
+                val file = File(regionsFolder, "r.$rx.$rz.nvr")
+                return@getOrPut RegionFile(this.world, file, rx, rz).apply(RegionFile::init)
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            throw IllegalStateException("Could not retrieve RegionFile for $pos", e)
         }
     }
     
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ internal class WorldDataStorage(val world: World) {
         val rx = pos.x shr 5
         val rz = pos.z shr 5
         val rid = (rx.toLong() shl 32) or (rz.toLong() and 0xFFFFFFFF)
-    
+        
         return regionFiles[rid]
     }