diff --git a/code/AssetLib/Assbin/AssbinLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/Assbin/AssbinLoader.cpp
index d94a9ed7d..d94407e03 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/Assbin/AssbinLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/Assbin/AssbinLoader.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void AssbinImporter::ReadBinaryScene(IOStream *stream, aiScene *scene) {
 void AssbinImporter::InternReadFile(const std::string &pFile, aiScene *pScene, IOSystem *pIOHandler) {
     IOStream *stream = pIOHandler->Open(pFile, "rb");
     if (nullptr == stream) {
-        return;
+        throw DeadlyImportError("ASSBIN: Could not open ", pFile);
     }
 
     // signature