diff --git a/ext/ghoul b/ext/ghoul
index 62d6b98d7d..fed2001d06 160000
--- a/ext/ghoul
+++ b/ext/ghoul
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 62d6b98d7d33535d31f7029f0118c074ada5810d
+Subproject commit fed2001d06211d5636452500870f83d1adb10ba2
diff --git a/src/engine/configurationmanager.cpp b/src/engine/configurationmanager.cpp
index e8a423df53..b6fb131298 100644
--- a/src/engine/configurationmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/configurationmanager.cpp
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ bool ConfigurationManager::loadFromFile(const std::string& filename) {
 	FileSys.registerPathToken(basePathToken, basePath);
 
 	// Loading the configuration file into ourselves
-	const bool loadingSuccess = ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(filename, *this);
-	if (!loadingSuccess) {
+    try {
+        ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(filename, *this);
+    }
+    catch (...) {
 		LERROR("Loading dictionary from file failed");
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/src/scene/scenegraph.cpp b/src/scene/scenegraph.cpp
index 33a9bf607d..6f00479de4 100644
--- a/src/scene/scenegraph.cpp
+++ b/src/scene/scenegraph.cpp
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ bool SceneGraph::loadFromFile(const std::string& sceneDescription) {
 
     // Load dictionary
     ghoul::Dictionary sceneDictionary;
-    bool success = ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(absSceneFile, sceneDictionary);
-    if (!success)
+    try {
+        ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(absSceneFile, sceneDictionary);
+    }
+    catch (...) {
         return false;
+    }
 
     std::string sceneDescriptionDirectory =
     ghoul::filesystem::File(absSceneFile, true).directoryName();
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ bool SceneGraph::loadFromFile(const std::string& sceneDescription) {
     }
 
     ghoul::Dictionary moduleDictionary;
-    success = sceneDictionary.getValue(KeyModules, moduleDictionary);
+    bool success = sceneDictionary.getValue(KeyModules, moduleDictionary);
     if (!success)
         // There are no modules that are loaded
         return true;
@@ -182,9 +185,12 @@ bool SceneGraph::loadFromFile(const std::string& sceneDescription) {
         }
 
         ghoul::Dictionary moduleDictionary;
-        bool s = ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(moduleFile, moduleDictionary, state);
-        if (!s)
+        try {
+            ghoul::lua::loadDictionaryFromFile(moduleFile, moduleDictionary, state);
+        }
+        catch (...) {
             continue;
+        }
 
         std::vector<std::string> keys = moduleDictionary.keys();
         for (const std::string& key : keys) {