diff --git a/concordia/concordia.cpp b/concordia/concordia.cpp
index 41448e2..783de43 100644
--- a/concordia/concordia.cpp
+++ b/concordia/concordia.cpp
@@ -119,48 +119,52 @@ void Concordia::loadRAMIndexFromDisk() {
     if (boost::filesystem::exists(_getWordMapFilePath())
       && boost::filesystem::exists(_getHashedIndexFilePath())
       && boost::filesystem::exists(_getMarkersFilePath())) {
-        // reading index from file
-        _T->clear();
-        std::ifstream hashedIndexFile;
-        hashedIndexFile.open(
-            _getHashedIndexFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
-                                | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
-        saidx_t hiFileSize = hashedIndexFile.tellg();
-        if (hiFileSize > 0) {
-            hashedIndexFile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+        try {
+            // reading index from file
+            _T->clear();
+            std::ifstream hashedIndexFile;
+            hashedIndexFile.open(
+                _getHashedIndexFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
+                                    | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
+            long hiFileSize = hashedIndexFile.tellg();
+            if (hiFileSize > 0) {
+                hashedIndexFile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
-            while (!hashedIndexFile.eof()) {
-                INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE character =
-                                 Utils::readIndexCharacter(hashedIndexFile);
-                Utils::appendCharToSaucharVector(_T, character);
+                while (!hashedIndexFile.eof()) {
+                    INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE character =
+                                     Utils::readIndexCharacter(hashedIndexFile);
+                    Utils::appendCharToSaucharVector(_T, character);
+                }
+                hashedIndexFile.close();
+            } else {
+                hashedIndexFile.close();
+                throw ConcordiaException("Index corrupt: empty hash index file");
             }
-            hashedIndexFile.close();
-        } else {
-            hashedIndexFile.close();
-            throw ConcordiaException("Index corrupt: empty hash index file");
-        }
 
-        // reading markers from file
-        _markers->clear();
-        std::ifstream markersFile;
-        markersFile.open(_getMarkersFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
-                                         | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
-        long maFileSize = markersFile.tellg();
-        if (maFileSize > 0) {
-            markersFile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+            // reading markers from file
+            _markers->clear();
+            std::ifstream markersFile;
+            markersFile.open(_getMarkersFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
+                                             | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
+            long maFileSize = markersFile.tellg();
+            if (maFileSize > 0) {
+                markersFile.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
-            while (!markersFile.eof()) {
-                SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE marker =
-                                 Utils::readMarker(markersFile);
-                _markers->push_back(marker);
+                while (!markersFile.eof()) {
+                    SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE marker =
+                                     Utils::readMarker(markersFile);
+                    _markers->push_back(marker);
+                }
+                markersFile.close();
+            } else {
+                markersFile.close();
+                throw ConcordiaException("Index corrupt: empty markers file");
             }
-            markersFile.close();
-        } else {
-            markersFile.close();
-            throw ConcordiaException("Index corrupt: empty markers file");
+            // generating suffix array
+            _SA = _index->generateSuffixArray(_T);
+        } catch (const std::bad_alloc&) {
+            throw ConcordiaException("Error allocating memory, probably out of memory.");            
         }
-        // generating suffix array
-        _SA = _index->generateSuffixArray(_T);
     } else {
         throw ConcordiaException("Index corrupt: missing files");
     }