1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index ea5bb3459..72223d771 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -5420,6 +5420,8 @@ class Config:
             # FIXME: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/dfe5fa49aed02cf36ba9f743b11b0903554b5e56
             contents = optionf.read()
             res = shlex.split(contents, comments=True)
+        except Exception as err:
+            raise ValueError(f'Unable to parse "{filename}": {err}')
         finally:
             optionf.close()
         return res