diff --git a/app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Test/Listener.php b/app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Test/Listener.php
index 70fd036d..63831d10 100644
--- a/app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Test/Listener.php
+++ b/app/code/community/EcomDev/PHPUnit/Test/Listener.php
@@ -146,9 +146,15 @@ public function startTest(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $test)
                 ->setScope(EcomDev_PHPUnit_Model_Fixture_Interface::SCOPE_LOCAL)
                 ->loadByTestCase($test);
             $annotations = $test->getAnnotations();
-            EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case_Util::getFixture()
-                ->setOptions($annotations['method'])
-                ->apply();
+
+            try {
+                EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case_Util::getFixture()
+                    ->setOptions($annotations['method'])
+                    ->apply();
+
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                throw new Exception("Exception loading fixture for ".$test->toString()." Exception: ".$e->getMessage()." Originally thrown in ".$e->getFile().":".$e->getLine());
+            }
 
             EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case_Util::setUp();
             EcomDev_PHPUnit_Helper::setUp();