diff --git a/recipes/descopera_org.recipe b/recipes/descopera_org.recipe
index c76e88a588..c24046da12 100644
--- a/recipes/descopera_org.recipe
+++ b/recipes/descopera_org.recipe
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-'''
-descopera.org
-'''
-
-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-
-class Descopera(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title = u'Descoperă.org'
-    __author__  = 'Marius Ignătescu'
-    description = 'Descoperă. Placerea de a cunoaște'
-    publisher = 'descopera.org'
-    category = 'science, technology, culture, history, earth'
-    language = 'ro'
-    oldest_article = 14
-    max_articles_per_feed = 100
-    encoding = 'utf8'
-    no_stylesheets = True
-    extra_css = ' body{ font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif } .introduction{font-weight: bold} .story-feature{display: block; padding: 0; border: 1px solid; width: 40%; font-size: small} .story-feature h2{text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase} '
-    keep_only_tags    = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['post']})]
-    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['topnav', 'box_a', 'shr-bookmarks shr-bookmarks-expand shr-bookmarks-center shr-bookmarks-bg-knowledge']})]
-    remove_attributes = ['width','height']
-    cover_url = 'http://www.descopera.org/wp-content/themes/dorg/styles/default/img/b_top.png?width=400'
-    feeds  = [(u'Articles', u'http://www.descopera.org/feed/')]
-
-    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        return self.adeify_images(soup)
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+'''
+descopera.org
+'''
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Descopera(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title = u'Descoperă.org'
+    __author__  = 'Marius Ignătescu'
+    description = 'Descoperă. Placerea de a cunoaște'
+    publisher = 'descopera.org'
+    category = 'science, technology, culture, history, earth'
+    language = 'ro'
+    oldest_article = 14
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    encoding = 'utf8'
+    no_stylesheets = True
+    extra_css = ' body{ font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif } .introduction{font-weight: bold} .story-feature{display: block; padding: 0; border: 1px solid; width: 40%; font-size: small} .story-feature h2{text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase} '
+    keep_only_tags    = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['post']})]
+    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['topnav', 'box_a', 'shr-bookmarks shr-bookmarks-expand shr-bookmarks-center shr-bookmarks-bg-knowledge']})]
+    remove_attributes = ['width','height']
+    cover_url = 'http://www.descopera.org/wp-content/themes/dorg/styles/default/img/b_top.png?width=400'
+    feeds  = [(u'Articles', u'http://www.descopera.org/feed/')]
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        return self.adeify_images(soup)
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/collection.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/collection.py
index 46d6c2db81..e94001bf13 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/collection.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/collection.py
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ def serialize_builtin_recipes():
     from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import compile_recipe
     recipe_mapping = {}
     for rid, f in iterate_over_builtin_recipe_files():
-        recipe_class = compile_recipe(open(f, 'rb').read())
+        with open(f, 'rb') as stream:
+            try:
+                recipe_class = compile_recipe(stream.read())
+            except:
+                print ('Failed to compile: %s'%f)
+                raise
         if recipe_class is not None:
             recipe_mapping['builtin:'+rid] = recipe_class