diff --git a/mirai-core-utils/src/commonMain/kotlin/Serialization.kt b/mirai-core-utils/src/commonMain/kotlin/Serialization.kt
index 72294bc254..37f79fa474 100644
--- a/mirai-core-utils/src/commonMain/kotlin/Serialization.kt
+++ b/mirai-core-utils/src/commonMain/kotlin/Serialization.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ public fun <T> MiraiFile.loadNotBlankAs(
     if (!this.exists() || this.length == 0L) {
         return null
     }
-    return stringFormat.decodeFromString(serializer, this.readText())
+    return try {
+        stringFormat.decodeFromString(serializer, this.readText())
+    } catch (e: Throwable) { //broken file
+        e.printStackTrace()
+        null
+    }
 }
 
 public fun <T> MiraiFile.loadNotBlankAs(
@@ -82,6 +87,10 @@ public fun <T> MiraiFile.loadNotBlankAs(
     if (!this.exists() || this.length == 0L) {
         return null
     }
-    return binaryFormat.decodeFromByteArray(serializer, this.readBytes())
+    return try {
+        binaryFormat.decodeFromByteArray(serializer, this.readBytes())
+    } catch (e: Throwable) { //broken file
+        e.printStackTrace()
+        null
+    }
 }
-