diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/BeanState.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/BeanState.java
index ddb76d358..cbe4e9849 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/BeanState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/BeanState.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package io.ebean;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * Provides access to the internal state of an entity bean.
  */
@@ -111,4 +113,10 @@ public interface BeanState {
    * Reset the bean putting it into NEW state such that a save() results in an insert.
    */
   void resetForInsert();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a map with load erros.
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  Map<String, Exception> getLoadErrors();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java
index 87b4f3023..22b667608 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
 
   private Object[] origValues;
 
+  private Exception[] loadErrors;
+
   private int lazyLoadProperty = -1;
 
   private Object ownerId;
@@ -1115,4 +1117,36 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   public void setSortOrder(int sortOrder) {
     this.sortOrder = sortOrder;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the load error that happened on this property.
+   */
+  public void setLoadError(int propertyIndex, Exception t) {
+    if (loadErrors == null) {
+      loadErrors = new Exception[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
+    }
+    loadErrors[propertyIndex] = t;
+    flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the loadErrors.
+   */
+  public Map<String, Exception> getLoadErrors() {
+    if (loadErrors == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    Map<String, Exception> ret = null;
+    int len = getPropertyLength();
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      Exception loadError = loadErrors[i];
+      if (loadError != null) {
+        if (ret == null) {
+          ret = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        }
+        ret.put(getProperty(i), loadError);
+      }
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
index 1abf7bb56..3d4048fa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@ import io.ebean.event.readaudit.ReadAuditLogger;
 import io.ebean.event.readaudit.ReadAuditPrepare;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaInfoManager;
 import io.ebean.migration.MigrationRunner;
+import io.ebean.plugin.LoadErrorHandler;
 import io.ebean.util.StringHelper;
 
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -518,6 +524,10 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    */
   private boolean idGeneratorAutomatic = true;
 
+  private LoadErrorHandler loadErrorHandler = (bean, prop, fullName, e) -> {
+    throw new PersistenceException("Error loading on " + fullName, e);
+  };
+
   /**
    * Construct a Server Configuration for programmatically creating an EbeanServer.
    */
@@ -2985,6 +2995,13 @@ public class ServerConfig {
 
     String mappingsProp = p.get("mappingLocations", null);
     mappingLocations = getSearchList(mappingsProp, mappingLocations);
+
+    if (!p.getBoolean("failOnLoadError", true)) {
+      Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("io.ebean.SQL");
+      loadErrorHandler = (bean, prop, fullName, e) -> {
+        logger.error("Error loading on {}", fullName, e);
+      };
+    }
   }
 
   private NamingConvention createNamingConvention(PropertiesWrapper properties, NamingConvention namingConvention) {
@@ -3244,6 +3261,20 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     this.idGeneratorAutomatic = idGeneratorAutomatic;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the load error handler.
+   */
+  public LoadErrorHandler getLoadErrorHandler() {
+    return loadErrorHandler;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the loadErrorHandler.
+   */
+  public void setLoadErrorHandler(LoadErrorHandler loadErrorHandler) {
+    this.loadErrorHandler = loadErrorHandler;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return true if query plan capture is enabled.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/LoadErrorHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/LoadErrorHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..278a70f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/LoadErrorHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.ebean.plugin;
+
+import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
+
+/**
+ * Errorhandler to handle load errors and may be recover correct value.
+ *
+ * @author Roland Praml, FOCONIS AG
+ *
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface LoadErrorHandler {
+  void handleLoadError(EntityBean bean, Property prop, String fullName, Exception e);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/text/TextException.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/text/TextException.java
index e5036e112..f7dd7cfa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/text/TextException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/text/TextException.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package io.ebean.text;
 public class TextException extends RuntimeException {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1601310159486033148L;
+  private String text;
 
   /**
    * Construct with an error message.
@@ -27,4 +28,41 @@ public class TextException extends RuntimeException {
   public TextException(Exception e) {
     super(e);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for a detailed exception.
+   *
+   * @param message
+   *          the message. The placeholder {} will be replaced by
+   *          <code>text</code>
+   * @param text
+   *          the fault text.
+   * @param cause
+   *          the case
+   */
+  public TextException(String message, String text, Exception cause) {
+    super(message.replace("{}", String.valueOf(text)), cause);
+    this.text = text;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for a detailed exception.
+   *
+   * @param message
+   *          the message. The placeholder {} will be replaced by
+   *          <code>text</code>
+   * @param text
+   *          the fault text.
+   */
+  public TextException(String message, String text) {
+    super(message.replace("{}", String.valueOf(text)));
+    this.text = text;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the text, that caused the error. (e.g. the JSON). May be null.
+   */
+  public String getText() {
+    return text;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
index 881cae5e3..efdefd718 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import io.ebean.PersistenceContextScope;
 import io.ebean.ProfileLocation;
 import io.ebean.Query;
 import io.ebean.bean.CallStack;
+import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import io.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphNode;
 import io.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
 import io.ebean.event.readaudit.ReadEvent;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import io.ebean.plugin.BeanType;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.autotune.ProfilingListener;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.SpiOrmQueryRequest;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanPropertyAssocMany;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.TableJoin;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.query.CancelableQuery;
@@ -844,4 +846,9 @@ public interface SpiQuery<T> extends Query<T>, TxnProfileEventCodes {
    * Returns the count distinct order setting.
    */
   CountDistinctOrder getCountDistinctOrder();
+
+  /**
+   * Handles load errors.
+   */
+  void handleLoadError(EntityBean bean, BeanProperty prop, String fullName, Exception e);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanState.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanState.java
index 3b489948e..22f2b7ae8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultBeanState.java
@@ -88,4 +88,10 @@ public class DefaultBeanState implements BeanState {
   public void resetForInsert() {
     intercept.setNew();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, Exception> getLoadErrors() {
+    return intercept.getLoadErrors();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DbReadContext.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DbReadContext.java
index c282eca47..09e257a93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DbReadContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DbReadContext.java
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ public interface DbReadContext {
    * Return true if this request disables lazy loading.
    */
   boolean isDisableLazyLoading();
+
+  /**
+   * Handles a load error on given property.
+   */
+  void handleLoadError(EntityBean bean, BeanProperty prop, String fullName, Exception e);
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DynamicPropertyAggregationFormula.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DynamicPropertyAggregationFormula.java
index 8b1d95561..efc45759a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DynamicPropertyAggregationFormula.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/DynamicPropertyAggregationFormula.java
@@ -49,15 +49,16 @@ class DynamicPropertyAggregationFormula extends DynamicPropertyBase {
 
   @Override
   public void load(SqlBeanLoad sqlBeanLoad) {
-
+    Object value;
     try {
-      Object value = scalarType.read(sqlBeanLoad.ctx().getDataReader());
-      if (asTarget != null) {
-        sqlBeanLoad.load(asTarget, value);
-      }
+      value = scalarType.read(sqlBeanLoad.ctx().getDataReader());
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new PersistenceException("Error loading on " + fullName, e);
+      sqlBeanLoad.ctx().handleLoadError(null, asTarget, fullName, e);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (asTarget != null) {
+      sqlBeanLoad.load(asTarget, value);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQuery.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQuery.java
index 3b04a99a8..d142e4e1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQuery.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.SpiOrmQueryRequest;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanCollectionHelp;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanCollectionHelpFactory;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanPropertyAssocMany;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.DbReadContext;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.type.DataBind;
@@ -815,6 +816,11 @@ public class CQuery<T> implements DbReadContext, CancelableQuery, SpiProfileTran
     return pstmt;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void handleLoadError(EntityBean bean, BeanProperty prop, String fullName, Exception e) {
+    query.handleLoadError(bean, prop, fullName, e);
+  }
+
   public Set<String> getDependentTables() {
     return queryPlan.getDependentTables();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlBeanLoad.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlBeanLoad.java
index b5855576d..c6557a5e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlBeanLoad.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/SqlBeanLoad.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuery.Mode;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.DbReadContext;
 
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
 /**
  * Controls the loading of property data into a bean.
  * <p>
@@ -88,8 +86,9 @@ public class SqlBeanLoad {
       return dbVal;
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      String msg = "Error loading on " + prop.getFullBeanName();
-      throw new PersistenceException(msg, e);
+      bean._ebean_getIntercept().setLoadError(prop.getPropertyIndex(), e);
+      ctx.handleLoadError(bean, prop, prop.getFullBeanName(), e);
+      return prop.getValue(bean);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
index 4b4b906dd..1cfbd9bff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import io.ebean.Transaction;
 import io.ebean.UpdateQuery;
 import io.ebean.Version;
 import io.ebean.bean.CallStack;
+import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 import io.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphNode;
 import io.ebean.bean.ObjectGraphOrigin;
 import io.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiQuerySecondary;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.autotune.ProfilingListener;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.SpiOrmQueryRequest;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanProperty;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanPropertyAssocMany;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.TableJoin;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.DefaultExpressionList;
@@ -1921,6 +1923,11 @@ public class DefaultOrmQuery<T> implements SpiQuery<T> {
     return profileLocation;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void handleLoadError(EntityBean bean, BeanProperty prop, String fullName, Exception e) {
+    server.getServerConfig().getLoadErrorHandler().handleLoadError(bean, prop, fullName, e);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Query<T> orderById(boolean orderById) {
     this.orderById = orderById;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/text/csv/TCsvReader.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/text/csv/TCsvReader.java
index e294e7e49..01a3b6065 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/text/csv/TCsvReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/text/csv/TCsvReader.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class TCsvReader<T> implements CsvReader<T> {
         return path.parseDateTime(dt.getTime());
 
       } catch (ParseException e) {
-        throw new TextException("Error parsing [" + value + "] using format[" + format + "]", e);
+        throw new TextException("Error parsing [{}] using format[" + format + "]", value, e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
index f9e07fd60..b7511cab3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
 import io.ebean.text.json.EJson;
 import io.ebeaninternal.json.ModifyAwareList;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeArrayList extends ScalarTypeJsonCollection<List> implemen
     try {
       return EJson.parseList(value, false);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new PersistenceException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + value + "]", e);
+      throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as List", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArraySet.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArraySet.java
index 78c3ca3db..ea3c0bc84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArraySet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArraySet.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
 import io.ebean.text.json.EJson;
 import io.ebeaninternal.json.ModifyAwareSet;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeArraySet<T> extends ScalarTypeJsonCollection<Set<T>> impl
     try {
       return EJson.parseSet(value, false);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new PersistenceException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + value + "]", e);
+      throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as Set", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
index c710b7d75..1de5e1db7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInetAddress.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeInetAddress extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<InetAddress> {
     try {
       return ConvertInetAddresses.forUriString(value);
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-      throw new TextException("Error with InetAddresses [" + value + "] ", e);
+      throw new TextException("Error with InetAddresses [{}]", value, e);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
index 92f12f1cf..a4df1f732 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonList.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
 import io.ebean.text.json.EJson;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonList {
         // parse JSON into modifyAware list
         return EJson.parseList(json, true);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + json + "]", e);
+        throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as List", json, e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonList {
       try {
         return EJson.parseList(value, false);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new PersistenceException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + value + "]", e);
+        throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as List", value, e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
index 84146d218..cd84774f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeJsonMap extends ScalarTypeBase<Map> {
       // return a modify aware map
       return EJson.parseObject(value, true);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new TextException(e);
+      throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as Object", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
index 4c5c42dfe..922e46dc9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeJsonNode extends ScalarTypeBase<JsonNode> {
     try {
       return objectMapper.readValue(value, JsonNode.class);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new TextException(e);
+      throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as JsonNode", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper.java
index 3e6b06952..265e336cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedField;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
 import io.ebeaninternal.json.ModifyAwareList;
 import io.ebeaninternal.json.ModifyAwareMap;
 import io.ebeaninternal.json.ModifyAwareOwner;
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper {
       try {
         return objectReader.readValue(json, deserType);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new SQLException("Unable to convert JSON", e);
+        throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as " + deserType, json, e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonObjectMapper {
       try {
         return objectReader.readValue(value, deserType);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new PersistenceException("Unable to convert JSON", e);
+        throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as " + deserType, value, e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
index afe521fe6..129ca28bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonSet.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
 import io.ebean.text.json.EJson;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeJsonSet {
         // parse JSON into modifyAware list
         return EJson.parseSet(json, true);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-        throw new SQLException("Failed to parse JSON content as List: [" + json + "]", e);
+        throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as Set", json, e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
index 0f5984bdf..13d6e4c4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class ScalarTypePostgresHstore extends ScalarTypeBase<Map> {
     try {
       return EJson.parseObject(value);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new TextException(e);
+      throw new TextException("Failed to parse JSON [{}] as Object", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURI.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURI.java
index 504f95454..3e3a67146 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURI.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeURI extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<URI> {
     try {
       return new URI(value);
     } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new TextException("Error with URI [" + value + "] ", e);
+      throw new TextException("Error with URI [{}]", value, e);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURL.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURL.java
index b9ae39870..577c20b19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeURL.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeURL extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<URL> {
     try {
       return new URL(value);
     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-      throw new TextException(e);
+      throw new TextException("Error with URL [{}]", value, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/json/TestDbJson_List.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/json/TestDbJson_List.java
index 04dc55f6f..00c7b1820 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/json/TestDbJson_List.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/json/TestDbJson_List.java
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package org.tests.json;
 
 import io.ebean.BaseTestCase;
 import io.ebean.Ebean;
+import io.ebean.annotation.ForPlatform;
+import io.ebean.annotation.Platform;
+import io.ebean.text.TextException;
+
 import org.tests.model.json.EBasicJsonList;
 import org.tests.model.json.PlainBean;
 import org.ebeantest.LoggedSqlCollector;
@@ -10,6 +14,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -165,4 +170,33 @@ public class TestDbJson_List extends BaseTestCase {
     String asJson = Ebean.json().toJson(found);
     assertNotNull(asJson);
   }
+
+  @ForPlatform(Platform.H2)
+  @Test
+  public void find_corrupt_json() {
+
+
+    EBasicJsonList bean = new EBasicJsonList();
+
+    PlainBean plainBean = new PlainBean();
+    plainBean.setName("Blubb");
+    bean.getBeanMap().put("bla", plainBean );
+
+    Ebean.save(bean);
+
+    Ebean.update(EBasicJsonList.class)
+    .set("beanMap", "blabla")
+    .where().eq("id", bean.getId())
+    .update();
+
+
+    bean = Ebean.find(EBasicJsonList.class, bean.getId());
+    Map<String, Exception> errors = server().getBeanState(bean).getLoadErrors();
+
+    assertThat(errors).containsKey("beanMap").hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(errors.values().iterator().next())
+      .isInstanceOf(TextException.class)
+      .hasMessageContaining("blabla");
+    //assertThat(bean.getBeanMap().get("bla").getName()).isEqualTo("Blubb");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/ebean.properties b/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
index cd6b5c07c..6efadcc56 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ebean.collectQueryPlans=true
 
 ebean.autoReadOnlyDataSource=true
 
+ebean.failOnLoadError=false
 #ebean.persistBatch=NONE
 
 #ebean.h2.idType=SEQUENCE