diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/importer/WarcImporter.java b/source/net/yacy/document/importer/WarcImporter.java
index 5a6d4ee6c..36b9feeb6 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/importer/WarcImporter.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/importer/WarcImporter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ package net.yacy.document.importer;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
@@ -121,49 +120,55 @@ public class WarcImporter extends Thread implements Importer {
 
                         InputStream istream = wrec.getPayloadContent();
                         hl = http.getHeader(HeaderFramework.TRANSFER_ENCODING);
-                        if (hl != null && hl.value.contains("chunked")) {
-                            // because chunked stream.read doesn't read source fully, make sure all chunks are read
-                            istream = new ChunkedInputStream(istream);
-                            final ByteBuffer bbuffer = new ByteBuffer();
-                            int c;
-                            while ((c = istream.read()) >= 0) {
-                                bbuffer.append(c);
+                        content = null;
+                        try {
+                            if (hl != null && hl.value.contains("chunked")) {
+                                // because chunked stream.read doesn't read source fully, make sure all chunks are read
+                                istream = new ChunkedInputStream(istream);
+                                final ByteBuffer bbuffer = new ByteBuffer();
+                                int c;
+                                while ((c = istream.read()) >= 0) {
+                                    bbuffer.append(c);
+                                }
+                                content = bbuffer.getBytes();
+                            } else {
+                                content = new byte[(int) http.getPayloadLength()];
+                                istream.read(content, 0, content.length);
                             }
-                            content = bbuffer.getBytes();
-                        } else {
-                            content = new byte[(int) http.getPayloadLength()];
-                            istream.read(content, 0, content.length);
-                        }
-                        istream.close();
 
-                        RequestHeader requestHeader = new RequestHeader();
+                            RequestHeader requestHeader = new RequestHeader();
+                            ResponseHeader responseHeader = new ResponseHeader(http.statusCode);
+                            for (HeaderLine hx : http.getHeaderList()) { // include all original response headers for parser
+                                responseHeader.put(hx.name, hx.value);
+                            }
+
+                            final Request request = new Request(
+                                    ASCII.getBytes(Switchboard.getSwitchboard().peers.mySeed().hash),
+                                    location,
+                                    requestHeader.referer() == null ? null : requestHeader.referer().hash(),
+                                    "warc",
+                                    responseHeader.lastModified(),
+                                    Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile.handle(),
+                                    0,
+                                    Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile.timezoneOffset());
+
+                            final Response response = new Response(
+                                    request,
+                                    requestHeader,
+                                    responseHeader,
+                                    Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile,
+                                    false,
+                                    content
+                            );
 
-                        ResponseHeader responseHeader = new ResponseHeader(http.statusCode);
-                        for (HeaderLine hx : http.getHeaderList()) { // include all original response headers for parser
-                            responseHeader.put(hx.name, hx.value);
+                            String error = Switchboard.getSwitchboard().toIndexer(response);
+                            if (error != null) ConcurrentLog.info("WarcImporter", "error parsing: " + error);
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            ConcurrentLog.info("WarcImporter", "error reading: " + e.getMessage());
+                        } finally {
+                            try {istream.close();} catch (IOException e) {}
                         }
 
-                        final Request request = new Request(
-                                ASCII.getBytes(Switchboard.getSwitchboard().peers.mySeed().hash),
-                                location,
-                                requestHeader.referer() == null ? null : requestHeader.referer().hash(),
-                                "warc",
-                                responseHeader.lastModified(),
-                                Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile.handle(),
-                                0,
-                                Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile.timezoneOffset());
-
-                        final Response response = new Response(
-                                request,
-                                requestHeader,
-                                responseHeader,
-                                Switchboard.getSwitchboard().crawler.defaultSurrogateProfile,
-                                false,
-                                content
-                        );
-
-                        String error = Switchboard.getSwitchboard().toIndexer(response);
-                        if (error != null) ConcurrentLog.info("WarcImporter", "error: " + error);
                         recordCnt++;
                     }
                 }