diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index 675044c3f75bdc1bf3ec07cf96e4a9a949b62e70..93058fb4573721c77f75f7179d8bb87607e29159 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ public class FileBackend {
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new FileWriterException(file);
             }
+        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw new FileCopyException(R.string.error_file_not_found);
         } catch (final FileNotFoundException e) {
             throw new FileCopyException(R.string.error_file_not_found);
         } catch (final FileWriterException e) {