diff --git a/tests/test_parse_file.cpp b/tests/test_parse_file.cpp
index 80d26e5..b525f98 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse_file.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_parse_file.cpp
@@ -1031,5 +1031,5 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_parse_function_compiles)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_parse_nonexistent_file)
 {
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(toml::parse("nonexistent.toml"), std::runtime_error);
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(toml::parse("nonexistent.toml"), std::ios_base::failure);
 }
diff --git a/toml/parser.hpp b/toml/parser.hpp
index 9b70feb..ce93554 100644
--- a/toml/parser.hpp
+++ b/toml/parser.hpp
@@ -2488,8 +2488,9 @@ basic_value<Comment, Table, Array> parse(std::string fname)
     std::ifstream ifs(fname, std::ios_base::binary);
     if(!ifs.good())
     {
-        throw std::runtime_error("toml::parse: file open error -> " + fname);
+        throw std::ios_base::failure("toml::parse: Error opening file \"" + fname + "\"");
     }
+    ifs.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
     return parse<Comment, Table, Array>(ifs, std::move(fname));
 }