diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index acf43db..3f65df2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ find_package(Boost 1.65.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options locale)
 find_package(Gettext REQUIRED)
 find_package(Filesystem REQUIRED COMPONENTS Final Experimental)
 find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)
+find_package(fmt REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 9460894..c6039b0 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 :uri-boost: https://www.boost.org/
 :uri-gettext: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
 :uri-libarchive: https://www.libarchive.org/
+:uri-fmt: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
 
 *{project}* is a search tool for EPUB ebooks.
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ image::https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/epubgrep.svg[]
 * link:{uri-boost}[Boost] (tested: 1.75.0 / 1.65.0)
 * link:{uri-gettext}[gettext] (tested: 0.21 / 0.19)
 * link:{uri-libarchive}[libarchive] (tested: 3.5 / 3.2)
+* link:{uri-fmt}[fmt] (tested: 7.0 / 4.0)
 * Optional
   ** Tests: link:{uri-catch}[Catch] (tested: 2.13 / 1.10)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fee319b..9e9cc23 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ unset(headers_src)
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
   Boost::program_options Boost::locale
-  std::filesystem LibArchive::LibArchive)
+  std::filesystem LibArchive::LibArchive fmt::fmt)
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
   PRIVATE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>")
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 3fedfb4..1f40716 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         for (const auto &file : vm["input-file"].as<std::vector<std::string>>())
         {
             cout << "  " << file << ":\n";
-            for (const auto &entry : epubgrep::zip::list(file))
+            try
             {
-                cout << "    " << entry << '\n';
+                for (const auto &entry : epubgrep::zip::list(file))
+                {
+                    cout << "    " << entry << '\n';
+                }
+            }
+            catch (const epubgrep::zip::exception &e)
+            {
+                cerr << translate("ERROR: ") << e.what() << '\n';
+                cerr << translate("Error while processing epub file.") << '\n';
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/zip.cpp b/src/zip.cpp
index 42b3c2f..0c13049 100644
--- a/src/zip.cpp
+++ b/src/zip.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <archive_entry.h>
+#include <boost/locale/message.hpp>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <fmt/ostream.h> // For compatibility with fmt 4.
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@
 namespace epubgrep::zip
 {
 
+using boost::locale::translate;
+using fmt::format;
+
 std::vector<std::string> list(const fs::path &filepath)
 {
     struct archive *zipfile{};
@@ -41,8 +47,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> list(const fs::path &filepath)
     result = archive_read_open_filename(zipfile, filepath.c_str(), 10240);
     if (result != ARCHIVE_OK)
     {
-        // NOLINTNEXTLINE
-        throw "Zip file not okay. 🙁";
+        throw exception{format(translate("Could not open {0:s}.").str(),
+                               filepath.string())};
     }
 
     while (archive_read_next_header(zipfile, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK)
@@ -54,8 +60,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> list(const fs::path &filepath)
     result = archive_read_free(zipfile);
     if (result != ARCHIVE_OK)
     {
-        // NOLINTNEXTLINE
-        throw "Error closing zipfile. 🙁";
+        throw exception{format(translate("ERROR: Could not close {0:s}.").str(),
+                               filepath.string())};
     }
 
     return toc;
diff --git a/src/zip.hpp b/src/zip.hpp
index ad7dba1..b12acd4 100644
--- a/src/zip.hpp
+++ b/src/zip.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "fs-compat.hpp"
 
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ namespace epubgrep::zip
 
 std::vector<std::string> list(const fs::path &filepath);
 
+class exception : public std::runtime_error
+{
+public:
+    using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
+};
+
 } // namespace epubgrep::zip
 
 #endif // EPUBGREP_ZIP_HPP