diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
index 183abce66..b7219e841 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderLoader.java
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ public class BlenderLoader implements AssetLoader {
             return loadingResults;
         } catch (BlenderFileException e) {
             throw new IOException(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IOException("Unexpected importer exception occured: " + e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
         } finally {
             this.clear();
         }
diff --git a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderModelLoader.java b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderModelLoader.java
index cfb437794..1a856df6e 100644
--- a/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderModelLoader.java
+++ b/engine/src/blender/com/jme3/scene/plugins/blender/BlenderModelLoader.java
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ public class BlenderModelLoader extends BlenderLoader {
             return modelRoot;
         } catch (BlenderFileException e) {
             throw new IOException(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IOException("Unexpected importer exception occured: " + e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
         } finally {
             this.clear();
         }