diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/AbstractCachedResource.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/AbstractCachedResource.java
index b37d02ba..d070c021 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/AbstractCachedResource.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/AbstractCachedResource.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractCachedResource<R, T extends Serializable> {
 	public static final long ONE_WEEK = 7 * ONE_DAY;
 	public static final long ONE_MONTH = 30 * ONE_DAY;
 
-	private String resource;
-	private Class<T> type;
-	private long expirationTime;
+	protected final String resource;
+	protected final Class<T> type;
+	protected final long expirationTime;
 
-	private int retryCountLimit;
-	private long retryWaitTime;
+	protected final int retryCountLimit;
+	protected final long retryWaitTime;
 
 	public AbstractCachedResource(String resource, Class<T> type, long expirationTime, int retryCountLimit, long retryWaitTime) {
 		this.resource = resource;
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/CachedXmlResource.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/CachedXmlResource.java
index f71cba81..bf871c37 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/CachedXmlResource.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/web/CachedXmlResource.java
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ public class CachedXmlResource extends AbstractCachedResource<String, String> {
 
 		XMLReader reader = sax.newSAXParser().getXMLReader();
 		reader.setErrorHandler(new DefaultHandler()); // unwind on error
-		reader.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(data)));
+		try {
+			reader.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(data)));
+		} catch (SAXException e) {
+			throw new IOException("Malformed XML: " + getResourceLocation(resource), e);
+		}
 
 		return data;
 	}