diff --git a/gui/gui.cpp b/gui/gui.cpp
index 4c7bf5b..8755689 100644
--- a/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
 {
   fprintf (stderr, "Parser error: %s\n", what);
   fprintf (stderr, "  Start of string: %s\n", (char *) where);
-  abort ();
+  LOGERR("Error parsing XML file.\n");
+  //abort ();
 }
 
 static void