diff --git a/ext/js/dictionary/dictionary-importer.js b/ext/js/dictionary/dictionary-importer.js
index a558853e6e..13fbb7078c 100644
--- a/ext/js/dictionary/dictionary-importer.js
+++ b/ext/js/dictionary/dictionary-importer.js
@@ -815,8 +815,16 @@ export class DictionaryImporter {
         const results = [];
         for (const file of files) {
             const content = await this._getData(file, new TextWriter());
-            /** @type {unknown} */
-            const entries = parseJson(content);
+            let entries;
+
+            try {
+                /** @type {unknown} */
+                entries = parseJson(content);
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (error instanceof Error) {
+                    throw new Error(error.message + ` in '${file.filename}'`);
+                }
+            }
 
             startIndex = progressData.index;
             this._progress();