diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
index f7b256586d..47232b95cb 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ namespace {
             fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asBool(t));
         } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_ENUMERATION) {
             if (decl->as_enumeration_type()) {
-                fn(EnumerationReference(decl->as_enumeration_type(), decl->as_enumeration_type()->lookup_enum_offset(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asStringRef(t))));
+                try {
+                    fn(EnumerationReference(decl->as_enumeration_type(), decl->as_enumeration_type()->lookup_enum_offset(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asStringRef(t))));
+                } catch (IfcParse::IfcException& e) {
+                    Logger::Error(e);
+                }
             }
         } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_FLOAT) {
             fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asFloat(t));