2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugin.js b/lib/plugins/plugin.js
index 4ed619c..64ae75f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugin.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var resolve = require('resolve');
 
 var Promise = require('../utils/promise');
+var error = require('../utils/error');
 var gitbook = require('../gitbook');
 var registry = require('./registry');
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ function BookPlugin(book, pluginId) {
 
     this.id = pluginId;
     this.npmId = registry.npmId(pluginId);
-    this.baseDir;
+    this.root;
 
     this.packageInfos = undefined;
     this.content = undefined;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ BookPlugin.prototype.load = function() {
         try {
             var res = resolve.sync(that.npmId + '/package.json', { basedir: baseDir });
 
-            that.baseDir = path.dirname(res);
+            that.root = path.dirname(res);
             that.packageInfos = require(res);
         } catch (err) {
             // Wait on https://github.com/substack/node-resolve/pull/81 to be merged
@@ -55,7 +56,14 @@ BookPlugin.prototype.load = function() {
         }
 
         // Load plugin JS content
-        that.content = require(resolve.sync(that.npmId, { basedir: baseDir }));
+        try {
+            that.content = require(resolve.sync(that.npmId, { basedir: baseDir }));
+        } catch(err) {
+            throw new error.PluginError(err, {
+                plugin: that.id
+            });
+        }
+
         return true;
     })
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/error.js b/lib/utils/error.js
index c1abebd..53d8221 100644
--- a/lib/utils/error.js
+++ b/lib/utils/error.js
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ var TemplateError = WrappedError({
     filename: null
 });
 
+// Error for nunjucks templates
+var PluginError = WrappedError({
+    message: 'Error with plugin "{plugin}": {origMessage}',
+    type: 'plugin',
+    plugin: null
+});
+
 // Deprecate methods/fields
 function deprecateMethod(fn, msg) {
     return deprecated.method(msg, log.warn.ln, fn);
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ module.exports = {
     FileOutOfScopeError: FileOutOfScopeError,
 
     TemplateError: TemplateError,
+    PluginError: PluginError,
 
     deprecateMethod: deprecateMethod,
     deprecateField: deprecateField