diff --git a/src/catch_it.i b/src/catch_it.i
index 70bb1e54c..73707c511 100644
--- a/src/catch_it.i
+++ b/src/catch_it.i
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ createTrajectory;
 	 std::logic_error)\
 selectAtoms;
 
+%catches(loos::ParseError) parseRangeList;
 
 // amber
 %catches(loos::FileOpenError, loos::FileReadErrorWithLine, loos::LOOSError) Amber::Amber;
diff --git a/src/exceptions.i b/src/exceptions.i
index 27f92fa69..3b4d20e0e 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.i
+++ b/src/exceptions.i
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %{
-    
+
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <exception>
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
   const char* __str__() { std::string s = self->what(); return(s.c_str()); }
 }
 
+
 %extend loos::FileWriteError {
   const char* __str__() { std::string s = self->what(); return(s.c_str()); }
 }
 
+%extend loos::ParseError {
+  const char* __str__() { std::string s = self->what(); return(s.c_str()); }
+}