diff --git a/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp b/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
index d0529649b59f18404ffa7f4b06dfe4e0b92eb6fa..16acc11780714b5e3c8e785879ed4c8fe7a8a4a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/imageembedder.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,16 @@ std::vector<float> ImageEmbedder::preprocessVision(const std::string &filePath)
     const cv::Scalar mean = cv::Scalar(0.48145466, 0.4578275, 0.40821073);
     const cv::Scalar std = cv::Scalar(0.26862954, 0.26130258, 0.27577711);
 
-    cv::Mat image = cv::imread(filePath);
+    cv::Mat image;
+    
+    try{
+        image = cv::imread(filePath);
+    } catch (const cv::Exception& e) {  
+    std::cerr << "OpenCV Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;  
+    
+    }
+    
+
     if(image.empty()) {
         std::cerr << "Can't read image: " << filePath << std::endl;
         return std::vector<float>();