diff --git a/src/app/mainwindow.cpp b/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
index a51f09f18..b7e24a78b 100644
--- a/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1888,6 +1888,25 @@ void MainWindow::LoadPattern(const QString &fileName)
         Clear();
         return;
     }
+    catch (const std::bad_alloc &)
+    {
+#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
+        QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
+#endif
+        QMessageBox msgBox;
+        msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error!"));
+        msgBox.setText(tr("Error parsing file."));
+        msgBox.setInformativeText("std::bad_alloc");
+        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+        msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::Ok);
+        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
+        msgBox.exec();
+#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
+        QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
+#endif
+        Clear();
+        return;
+    }
     connect(comboBoxDraws,  static_cast<void (QComboBox::*)(int)>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
             this, &MainWindow::currentDrawChanged);
     QString nameDraw = doc->GetNameActivDraw();
diff --git a/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp b/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
index 0594b0563..67bd9edc1 100644
--- a/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
+++ b/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ void VPattern::FullUpdateTree()
     catch (const std::bad_alloc &)
     {
         delete scene;
+#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
+        QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
+#endif
         QMessageBox msgBox;
         msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error!"));
         msgBox.setText(tr("Error parsing file."));
@@ -609,6 +612,9 @@ void VPattern::FullUpdateTree()
         msgBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::Ok);
         msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
         msgBox.exec();
+#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
+        QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
+#endif
         emit ClearMainWindow();
         return;
     }