diff --git a/lib/bblayers/action.py b/lib/bblayers/action.py
index d6459d66..d2f9c1bb 100644
--- a/lib/bblayers/action.py
+++ b/lib/bblayers/action.py
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ class ActionPlugin(LayerPlugin):
             if not (args.force or notadded):
                 try:
                     self.tinfoil.run_command('parseConfiguration')
-                except bb.tinfoil.TinfoilUIException:
+                except (bb.tinfoil.TinfoilUIException, bb.BBHandledException):
                     # Restore the back up copy of bblayers.conf
                     shutil.copy2(backup, bblayers_conf)
-                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added")
+                    bb.fatal("Parse failure with the specified layer added, aborting.")
                 else:
                     for item in notadded:
                         sys.stderr.write("Specified layer %s is already in BBLAYERS\n" % item)