diff --git a/src/feather/app.py b/src/feather/app.py
index e67a9c7..d5500d5 100755
--- a/src/feather/app.py
+++ b/src/feather/app.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 from feather.config import Config
 from feather.client import GReaderSession, TTRSession, ClientSession, Article, ArticleId
-from feather.data import FileArticle
+from feather.data import FileArticle, InvalidArticleFileError
 
 
 async def sleep_min_max(min_sleep: float, max_sleep: float, stop_sleep_event: Event):
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ class FeatherApp:
         """Iterate over all the articles in local storage"""
         config = self.config
         for json_path in config.json_root.glob("*.json"):
-            yield FileArticle(config, json_path)
+            try:
+                yield FileArticle(config, json_path)
+            except InvalidArticleFileError:
+                print(
+                    f"WARNING: Skipping corrupted article file {json_path}. Delete this file and its associated HTML file (if it exists) to resolve this warning."
+                )
 
     def remove_empty_categories(self):
         """Remove empty directories in the HTML directory"""
@@ -154,11 +159,16 @@ class FeatherApp:
                         article.write()
                         new_articles += 1
                     else:
-                        old_article = FileArticle(config, json_path)
-                        if article.was_updated(old_article):
-                            old_article.delete()
-                            article.write()
-                            updated_articles += 1
+                        try:
+                            old_article = FileArticle(config, json_path)
+                            if article.was_updated(old_article):
+                                old_article.delete()
+                                article.write()
+                                updated_articles += 1
+                        except InvalidArticleFileError:
+                            print(
+                                f"    WARNING: Skipping corrupted article file {json_path}. Delete this file and its associated HTML file (if it exists) to resolve this warning."
+                            )
 
         # Remove or mark-as-read articles that we didn't get from the server but are in the JSON directory
         removed_articles = 0
diff --git a/src/feather/data.py b/src/feather/data.py
index 4117545..ff0cfc7 100644
--- a/src/feather/data.py
+++ b/src/feather/data.py
@@ -283,13 +283,19 @@ class Article(ABC):
         self.delete()  # paths might change so we preemptively remove the old file
         self.write(recompute_paths=True)  # rewrite JSON & HTML
 
+class InvalidArticleFileError(ValueError):
+    pass
 
 class FileArticle(Article):
     def __init__(self, config: Config, json_path: Path) -> Article:
         self.config = config
         self.json_path = json_path
 
-        article_json = json.load(json_path.open("r"))
+        try:
+            article_json = json.load(json_path.open("r"))
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise InvalidArticleFileError(f"Can't load article file {json_path}") from e
+
         for field in article_json:
             setattr(self, field, article_json[field])
         self.category = Category.fromdict(article_json["category"])