--- labyrinth-0.4.0/src/MapList.py-orig	2008-12-17 16:20:19.000000000 -0200
+++ labyrinth-0.4.0/src/MapList.py	2008-12-17 16:41:16.000000000 -0200
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import gtk
 import xml.dom.minidom as dom
 import datetime
+from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
 
 class MapList(object):
 	COL_ID = 0
@@ -111,10 +112,13 @@
 	def new_from_file(cls, filename):
 		index = len(cls._maps)
 		map = cls.MapCore(index = index)
-		cls._maps.append(map)
-		map.modtime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(os.stat(filename)[8]).strftime("%x %X")
-		cls.tree_view_model.append([map.index, map.title, map.modtime, map.filename, False])
-		map._read_from_file(filename)
+                try:
+                        map._read_from_file(filename)
+                        cls._maps.append(map)
+                        map.modtime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(os.stat(filename)[8]).strftime("%x %X")
+                        cls.tree_view_model.append([map.index, map.title, map.modtime, map.filename, False])
+                except ExpatError:
+                        map = None
 		return map
 
 	@classmethod