diff --git a/source/de/anomic/document/parser/docParser.java b/source/de/anomic/document/parser/docParser.java
index a91a541b0..d50ff7641 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/document/parser/docParser.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/document/parser/docParser.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class docParser extends AbstractParser implements Idiom {
 
         try {
             extractor = new WordExtractor(source);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new ParserException("error in docParser, WordTextExtractorFactory: " + e.getMessage(), location);
         }