diff --git a/src/map/location.cpp b/src/map/location.cpp
index f5b0e78709d..4b287f0c0e2 100644
--- a/src/map/location.cpp
+++ b/src/map/location.cpp
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ void read_locations(const config& cfg, std::vector<map_location>& locs)
 	const std::vector<std::string> yvals = utils::split(cfg["y"]);
 
 	if (xvals.size() != yvals.size()) {
-		throw bad_lexical_cast();
+		throw std::invalid_argument("Number of x and y coordinates do not match.");
 	}
 
 	std::transform(xvals.begin(), xvals.end(), yvals.begin(), std::back_inserter(locs), &read_locations_helper);
diff --git a/src/synced_commands.cpp b/src/synced_commands.cpp
index 58ab6ff5043..e1068074672 100644
--- a/src/synced_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/synced_commands.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ SYNCED_COMMAND_HANDLER_FUNCTION(move, child,  use_undo, show, error_handler)
 
 	try {
 		read_locations(child,steps);
-	} catch (bad_lexical_cast &) {
+	} catch (std::invalid_argument&) {
 		WRN_REPLAY << "Warning: Path data contained something which could not be parsed to a sequence of locations:" << "\n config = " << child.debug() << std::endl;
 		return false;
 	}