diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginLoader.java
index a652b4ba..d8a26644 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginLoader.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public interface PluginLoader {
      * unsuccessful
      * @throws InvalidPluginException Thrown when the specified file is not a plugin
      */
-    public Plugin loadPlugin(File file) throws InvalidPluginException;
+    public Plugin loadPlugin(File file) throws InvalidPluginException, InvalidDescriptionException;
 
     /**
      * Returns a list of all filename filters expected by this PluginLoader
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
index 2c9b5078..f0d7d13c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public final class JavaPluginLoader implements PluginLoader {
         server = instance;
     }
 
-    public Plugin loadPlugin(File file) throws InvalidPluginException {
+    public Plugin loadPlugin(File file) throws InvalidPluginException, InvalidDescriptionException {
         JavaPlugin result = null;
         PluginDescriptionFile description = null;
 
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public final class JavaPluginLoader implements PluginLoader {
             jar.close();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             throw new InvalidPluginException(ex);
-        } catch (InvalidDescriptionException ex) {
-            throw new InvalidPluginException(ex);
         }
 
         try {