1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/php-malware-finder/utils/generate_whitelist.py b/php-malware-finder/utils/generate_whitelist.py
index 9dd8818..94024df 100755
--- a/php-malware-finder/utils/generate_whitelist.py
+++ b/php-malware-finder/utils/generate_whitelist.py
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ if not os.path.isdir(sys.argv[2]):
     print('%s is not a folder !' % sys.argv[2])
     sys.exit(1)
 
-rules = yara.compile(sys.path[0]+'/../php.yar', includes=True, error_on_warning=False)
+try:
+    rules = yara.compile(sys.path[0]+'/../php.yar', includes=True, error_on_warning=False)
+except yara.SyntaxError as e:
+    print("Can't compile rules: %s" % e)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 output_list = list()