diff --git a/nomad/parsing/parser.py b/nomad/parsing/parser.py
index 968514d43e1a85e63bd66863ae5aa874a81acbc1..a8bc104ca91b85eae1cf9327f867affd4ce702c0 100644
--- a/nomad/parsing/parser.py
+++ b/nomad/parsing/parser.py
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ def import_class(class_name, class_description: str = None):
         module_path, cls = class_name.rsplit('.', 1)
         module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
         instance = getattr(module, cls)
+
     except Exception as e:
         if not class_description:
             logger.error('cannot import', exc_info=e)
diff --git a/nomad/parsing/parsers.py b/nomad/parsing/parsers.py
index 9bdf88b23eaee25e369126d46866a725af85f006..efc42e2a8fe68483078dee1e8c7cda7772a2b5bd 100644
--- a/nomad/parsing/parsers.py
+++ b/nomad/parsing/parsers.py
@@ -336,4 +336,8 @@ def import_all_parsers():
     """
     for parser in parsers:
         if isinstance(parser, MatchingParserInterface):
-            parser.import_parser_class()  # pylint: disable=no-member
+            try:
+                parser.import_parser_class()  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise ImportError(f'Failed to load {parser=}') from e