diff --git a/python_payload/st3m/application.py b/python_payload/st3m/application.py
index f53ad13ccea0fbf9a04f146b8ddec57c2b75e615..8f6a86e2f162cbae66eedf0c1a9d1650a56e8249 100644
--- a/python_payload/st3m/application.py
+++ b/python_payload/st3m/application.py
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class BundleMetadata:
 
         try:
             t = toml.load(f)
+        except toml.TomlDecodeError as e:
+            raise BundleMetadataCorrupt(str(e))
         except Exception as e:
             raise BundleMetadataCorrupt(str(e))