diff --git a/src/tadam.py b/src/tadam.py
index 25c84f8..1656883 100755
--- a/src/tadam.py
+++ b/src/tadam.py
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ def usage():
 
 
 def rate(infile, outfile, rate_ratio):
-    data, samplerate = sf.read(infile)
-    new_samplerate = int(samplerate * rate_ratio)
+    try:
+        data, samplerate = sf.read(infile)
+        new_samplerate = int(samplerate * rate_ratio)
+    except sf.LibsndfileError as e:
+        print("ERROR : {0}".format(e))
     try:
         sf.write(outfile, data, new_samplerate)
     except: