diff --git a/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/DiskLruCache.java b/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/DiskLruCache.java
index d8c7f03..91e93af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/DiskLruCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/DiskLruCache.java
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ public final class DiskLruCache implements Closeable {
 				try {
 					readJournalLine(reader.readLine());
 					lineCount++;
-				} catch (EOFException endOfJournal) {
+				} catch(UnexpectedJournalLineException ignored) {
+					// just continue and hope nothing breaks
+				} catch (EOFException e) {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ public final class DiskLruCache implements Closeable {
 	private void readJournalLine(String line) throws IOException {
 		int firstSpace = line.indexOf(' ');
 		if (firstSpace == -1) {
-			throw new IOException("unexpected journal line: " + line);
+			throw new UnexpectedJournalLineException(line);
 		}
 
 		int keyBegin = firstSpace + 1;
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ public final class DiskLruCache implements Closeable {
 		} else if (secondSpace == -1 && firstSpace == READ.length() && line.startsWith(READ)) {
 			// This work was already done by calling lruEntries.get().
 		} else {
-			throw new IOException("unexpected journal line: " + line);
+			throw new UnexpectedJournalLineException(line);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/UnexpectedJournalLineException.java b/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/UnexpectedJournalLineException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e14f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/mdnet/cache/UnexpectedJournalLineException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package mdnet.cache;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class UnexpectedJournalLineException extends IOException {
+    public UnexpectedJournalLineException(String unexpectedLine) {
+        super("unexpected journal line: " + unexpectedLine);
+    }
+}