diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/LocalizeCommonAssetLoader.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/LocalizeCommonAssetLoader.cpp
index b4153dd1..bbfd8bd3 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/LocalizeCommonAssetLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/LocalizeCommonAssetLoader.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ bool LocalizeCommonAssetLoader::LoadLocalizeAsset(const std::string& assetName,
 
     auto* zoneState = manager->GetAssetLoadingContext()->GetZoneAssetLoaderState<LocalizeReadingZoneState>();
     LocalizeFileReader reader(*file.m_stream, assetName, zone->m_language, zoneState);
-    const auto localizeEntries = reader.ReadLocalizeFile();
+
+    std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry> localizeEntries;
+    if (!reader.ReadLocalizeFile(localizeEntries))
+        return false;
 
     for (const auto& entry : localizeEntries)
     {
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.cpp
index 5621bc88..fbe1ff23 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void LocalizeFileReader::SetupStreamProxies()
     m_stream = m_open_streams.back().get();
 }
 
-std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry> LocalizeFileReader::ReadLocalizeFile()
+bool LocalizeFileReader::ReadLocalizeFile(std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry>& entries)
 {
     SimpleLexer::Config lexerConfig;
     lexerConfig.m_emit_new_line_tokens = true;
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry> LocalizeFileReader::ReadLocalizeFile()
     const auto parser = std::make_unique<LocalizeFileParser>(lexer.get(), m_language, m_zone_state);
 
     if (parser->Parse())
-        return parser->GetParsedValues();
+    {
+        entries = parser->GetParsedValues();
+        return true;
+    }
 
     std::cerr << "Parsing localization file failed!" << std::endl;
-    return std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry>();
+    return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.h b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.h
index da0ac2f2..1abb4d60 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.h
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Localize/Parsing/LocalizeFileReader.h
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ class LocalizeFileReader
 public:
     LocalizeFileReader(std::istream& stream, std::string fileName, GameLanguage language, LocalizeReadingZoneState* zoneState);
 
-    std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry> ReadLocalizeFile();
+    bool ReadLocalizeFile(std::vector<CommonLocalizeEntry>& entries);
 };