diff --git a/system/init.php b/system/init.php
index 2a778862..cc42180c 100644
--- a/system/init.php
+++ b/system/init.php
@@ -142,10 +142,8 @@ else {
 	if(!@file_exists($file))
 		$file = $config['data_path'] . 'vocations.xml';
 
-	$vocations->load($file);
-
-	if(!$vocations)
-		throw new RuntimeException('ERROR: Cannot load <i>vocations.xml</i> file.');
+	if(!$vocations->load($file))
+		throw new RuntimeException('ERROR: Cannot load <i>vocations.xml</i> - the file is malformed. Check the file with xml syntax validator.');
 
 	$config['vocations'] = array();
 	foreach($vocations->getElementsByTagName('vocation') as $vocation) {