diff --git a/owrx/bands.py b/owrx/bands.py
index cf2bd7c..fbb7ae6 100644
--- a/owrx/bands.py
+++ b/owrx/bands.py
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ class Bandplan(object):
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
             except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                logger.exception("error while parsing bandplan from %s", file)
+                logger.exception("error while parsing bandplan file %s", file)
+                return []
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception("error while processing bandplan from %s", file)
                 return []
         return []
 
diff --git a/owrx/bookmarks.py b/owrx/bookmarks.py
index 1456c8f..d5a38d8 100644
--- a/owrx/bookmarks.py
+++ b/owrx/bookmarks.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class Bookmarks(object):
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
             except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                logger.exception("error while parsing bookmarks from %s", file)
+                logger.exception("error while parsing bookmarks file %s", file)
+                return []
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception("error while processing bookmarks from %s", file)
                 return []
         return []
 
diff --git a/owrx/config.py b/owrx/config.py
index 820fee8..09bbd8f 100644
--- a/owrx/config.py
+++ b/owrx/config.py
@@ -145,5 +145,5 @@ class PropertyManager(object):
                     self[name] = value
                 return self
             except FileNotFoundError:
-                logger.debug("not found: %s", file)
+                pass
         raise ConfigNotFoundException("no usable config found! please make sure you have a valid configuration file!")