diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.cpp
index 177536fe9..57584ac30 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/locals.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <components/esm/locals.hpp>
 
 #include <components/compiler/locals.hpp>
+#include <components/compiler/exception.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/scriptmanager.hpp"
@@ -75,65 +76,77 @@ namespace MWScript
 
     void Locals::write (ESM::Locals& locals, const std::string& script) const
     {
-        const Compiler::Locals& declarations =
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getScriptManager()->getLocals(script);
-
-        for (int i=0; i<3; ++i)
+        try
         {
-            char type = 0;
+            const Compiler::Locals& declarations =
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getScriptManager()->getLocals(script);
 
-            switch (i)
+            for (int i=0; i<3; ++i)
             {
-                case 0: type = 's'; break;
-                case 1: type = 'l'; break;
-                case 2: type = 'f'; break;
-            }
-
-            const std::vector<std::string>& names = declarations.get (type);
-
-            for (int i2=0; i2<static_cast<int> (names.size()); ++i2)
-            {
-                ESM::Variant value;
+                char type = 0;
 
                 switch (i)
                 {
-                    case 0: value.setType (ESM::VT_Int); value.setInteger (mShorts.at (i2)); break;
-                    case 1: value.setType (ESM::VT_Int); value.setInteger (mLongs.at (i2)); break;
-                    case 2: value.setType (ESM::VT_Float); value.setFloat (mFloats.at (i2)); break;
+                    case 0: type = 's'; break;
+                    case 1: type = 'l'; break;
+                    case 2: type = 'f'; break;
                 }
 
-                locals.mVariables.push_back (std::make_pair (names[i2], value));
+                const std::vector<std::string>& names = declarations.get (type);
+
+                for (int i2=0; i2<static_cast<int> (names.size()); ++i2)
+                {
+                    ESM::Variant value;
+
+                    switch (i)
+                    {
+                        case 0: value.setType (ESM::VT_Int); value.setInteger (mShorts.at (i2)); break;
+                        case 1: value.setType (ESM::VT_Int); value.setInteger (mLongs.at (i2)); break;
+                        case 2: value.setType (ESM::VT_Float); value.setFloat (mFloats.at (i2)); break;
+                    }
+
+                    locals.mVariables.push_back (std::make_pair (names[i2], value));
+                }
             }
         }
+        catch (const Compiler::SourceException&)
+        {
+        }
     }
 
     void Locals::read (const ESM::Locals& locals, const std::string& script)
     {
-        const Compiler::Locals& declarations =
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getScriptManager()->getLocals(script);
-
-        for (std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ESM::Variant> >::const_iterator iter
-            = locals.mVariables.begin(); iter!=locals.mVariables.end(); ++iter)
+        try
         {
-            char type =  declarations.getType (iter->first);
-            char index = declarations.getIndex (iter->first);
+            const Compiler::Locals& declarations =
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getScriptManager()->getLocals(script);
 
-            try
+            for (std::vector<std::pair<std::string, ESM::Variant> >::const_iterator iter
+                = locals.mVariables.begin(); iter!=locals.mVariables.end(); ++iter)
             {
-                switch (type)
-                {
-                    case 's': mShorts.at (index) = iter->second.getInteger(); break;
-                    case 'l': mLongs.at (index) = iter->second.getInteger(); break;
-                    case 'f': mFloats.at (index) = iter->second.getFloat(); break;
+                char type =  declarations.getType (iter->first);
+                char index = declarations.getIndex (iter->first);
 
-                    // silently ignore locals that don't exist anymore
+                try
+                {
+                    switch (type)
+                    {
+                        case 's': mShorts.at (index) = iter->second.getInteger(); break;
+                        case 'l': mLongs.at (index) = iter->second.getInteger(); break;
+                        case 'f': mFloats.at (index) = iter->second.getFloat(); break;
+
+                        // silently ignore locals that don't exist anymore
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (...)
+                {
+                    // ignore type changes
+                    /// \todo write to log
                 }
             }
-            catch (...)
-            {
-                // ignore type changes
-                /// \todo write to log
-            }
+        }
+        catch (const Compiler::SourceException&)
+        {
         }
     }
 }