1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/FeedExpander.php b/lib/FeedExpander.php
index be3a8ca4..abe964e1 100644
--- a/lib/FeedExpander.php
+++ b/lib/FeedExpander.php
@@ -23,14 +23,20 @@ abstract class FeedExpander extends BridgeAbstract
             throw new \Exception(sprintf('Unable to parse xml from `%s` because we got the empty string', $url), 10);
         }
         // prepare/massage the xml to make it more acceptable
-        $badStrings = [
+        $problematicStrings = [
             ' ',
             '»',
             '’',
         ];
-        $xmlString = str_replace($badStrings, '', $xmlString);
+        $xmlString = str_replace($problematicStrings, '', $xmlString);
+
         $feedParser = new FeedParser();
-        $this->feed = $feedParser->parseFeed($xmlString);
+        try {
+            $this->feed = $feedParser->parseFeed($xmlString);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            throw new \Exception(sprintf('Failed to parse xml from %s: %s', $url, create_sane_exception_message($e)));
+        }
+
         $items = array_slice($this->feed['items'], 0, $maxItems);
         // todo: extract parse logic out from FeedParser
         foreach ($items as $item) {