diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttx.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttx.py
index d5d6c9b3d..a85e41603 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttx.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttx.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 import getopt
 import re
-from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont, TTLibError
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables.otBase import OTLOffsetOverflowError
 from fontTools.ttLib.tables.otTables import fixLookupOverFlows, fixSubTableOverFlows
 from fontTools.misc.macCreatorType import getMacCreatorAndType
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ def main(args):
 			waitForKeyPress()
 		else:
 			raise
+	except TTLibError, e:
+		print "Error:",e
 	except:
 		if sys.platform == "win32":
 			import traceback