diff --git a/libafl/src/state/mod.rs b/libafl/src/state/mod.rs
index 35ffedba68..3e41cd65a4 100644
--- a/libafl/src/state/mod.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -752,8 +752,14 @@ where
         EM: EventFirer<State = Self>,
         Z: Evaluator<E, EM, I, Self>,
     {
-        log::info!("Loading file {:?} ...", &path);
-        let input = (config.loader)(fuzzer, self, path)?;
+        log::info!("Loading file {path:?} ...");
+        let input = match (config.loader)(fuzzer, self, path) {
+            Ok(input) => input,
+            Err(err) => {
+                log::error!("Skipping input that we could not load from {path:?}: {err:?}");
+                return Ok(ExecuteInputResult::None);
+            }
+        };
         if config.forced {
             let _: CorpusId = fuzzer.add_input(self, executor, manager, input)?;
             Ok(ExecuteInputResult::Corpus)