diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/ASMifierGenerator.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/ASMifierGenerator.java
index b95842f9..85b51fa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/ASMifierGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/decompilers/impl/ASMifierGenerator.java
@@ -21,12 +21,20 @@ package the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.decompilers.impl;
 import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
 import org.objectweb.asm.util.ASMifier;
 import org.objectweb.asm.util.TraceClassVisitor;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.Constants;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.api.ExceptionUI;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.decompilers.AbstractDecompiler;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.translation.TranslatedStrings;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.util.JavaFormatterUtils;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 
+import static the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.Constants.NL;
+import static the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.translation.TranslatedStrings.DEV_MODE_SIMULATED_ERROR;
+import static the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.translation.TranslatedStrings.ERROR;
+
 /**
  * Objectweb ASMifier output
  *
@@ -42,13 +50,32 @@ public class ASMifierGenerator extends AbstractDecompiler
     @Override
     public String decompileClassNode(ClassNode cn, byte[] bytes)
     {
-        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-        cn.accept(new TraceClassVisitor(null, new ASMifier(), new PrintWriter(writer)));
-        return JavaFormatterUtils.formatJavaCode(writer.toString());
+        String exception;
+
+        try
+        {
+            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            cn.accept(new TraceClassVisitor(null, new ASMifier(), new PrintWriter(writer)));
+
+            //handle simulated errors
+            if(Constants.DEV_FLAG_DECOMPILERS_SIMULATED_ERRORS)
+                throw new RuntimeException(DEV_MODE_SIMULATED_ERROR.toString());
+
+            //format and return the java writer contents
+            return JavaFormatterUtils.formatJavaCode(writer.toString());
+        }
+        catch (Throwable e)
+        {
+            exception = ExceptionUtils.exceptionToString(e);
+        }
+
+        return "ASMifier " + ERROR + "! " + ExceptionUI.SEND_STACKTRACE_TO + NL + NL
+            + TranslatedStrings.SUGGESTED_FIX_DECOMPILER_ERROR + NL + NL + exception;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void decompileToZip(String sourceJar, String zipName)
     {
+        decompileToZipFallBack(sourceJar, zipName);
     }
 }