diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
index 04c8ea23b19ee0cc055dc58b69f1b3d6fecd1b55..8665eb30cf7162478472a9d31401732ed6edd87b 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class XLSImporter(object):
         """
         try:
             xls_file = pd.io.excel.ExcelFile(filename)
-        except XLRDError as e:
+        except (XLRDError, ValueError) as e:
             logger.warning(
                 "Cannot read \n{}.\nError:{}".format(filename,
                                                      str(e)),
diff --git a/unittests/test_table_importer.py b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
index 60ca940b0471eaddf6e8c47b1cacbbfe90d22cac..bb26f5031f2ae781899ddc4354ba4527cf669c83 100644
--- a/unittests/test_table_importer.py
+++ b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ class XLSImporterTest(unittest.TestCase):
         df_new = self.importer.check_unique(df)
         self.assertEqual(df_new.shape[0], 1)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Wrong Error is raised. See Issue #52")
     def test_raise(self):
         tmp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".lol")
         tmp.close()