diff --git a/src/de/craftinc/gates/Gate.java b/src/de/craftinc/gates/Gate.java
index 496cc39..be1157d 100644
--- a/src/de/craftinc/gates/Gate.java
+++ b/src/de/craftinc/gates/Gate.java
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ public class Gate extends BaseGate implements ConfigurationSerializable
 	
 	protected String id;
 	
-	protected static Map<String, Gate> instances = new HashMap<String, Gate>();
-	
+	protected static Map<String, Gate> instances = new HashMap<String, Gate>();	
 	
 	/*
 	 * CONSTRUCTORS
@@ -74,16 +73,27 @@ public class Gate extends BaseGate implements ConfigurationSerializable
 	public Gate(Map<String, Object> map) 
 	{
 		id = (String)map.get(idKey);
-		location = LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation((Map<String, Object>) map.get(locationKey));
-		exit = LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation((Map<String, Object>) map.get(exitKey));
 		isHidden = (Boolean)map.get(isHiddenKey);
 		isOpen = (Boolean)map.get(isOpenKey);
 		
-		gateBlockLocations = new HashSet<Location>();
-		List<Map<String, Object>> serializedGateBlocks = (List<Map<String, Object>>)map.get(gateBlocksKey);
-		
-		for (Map<String, Object> sgb : serializedGateBlocks) {
-			gateBlockLocations.add(LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation(sgb));
+		try {
+			location = LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation((Map<String, Object>) map.get(locationKey));
+			exit = LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation((Map<String, Object>) map.get(exitKey));
+			
+			gateBlockLocations = new HashSet<Location>();
+			List<Map<String, Object>> serializedGateBlocks = (List<Map<String, Object>>)map.get(gateBlocksKey);
+			
+			for (Map<String, Object> sgb : serializedGateBlocks) {
+				gateBlockLocations.add(LocationSerializer.deserializeLocation(sgb));
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			Plugin.log("ERROR: Failed to load gate '" + id + "'! (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
+			Plugin.log("NOTE:  This gate will be removed from 'gates.yml' and added to 'invalid_gates.yml'!");
+			
+			Plugin.instance.storeInvalidGate(map);
+
+			return;
 		}
 		
 		instances.put(id, this);
diff --git a/src/de/craftinc/gates/Plugin.java b/src/de/craftinc/gates/Plugin.java
index 5e85f4b..0030974 100644
--- a/src/de/craftinc/gates/Plugin.java
+++ b/src/de/craftinc/gates/Plugin.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.craftinc.gates;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import org.bukkit.configuration.serialization.ConfigurationSerialization;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.PluginManager;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
-
 import de.craftinc.gates.commands.*;
 import de.craftinc.gates.listeners.PluginBlockListener;
 import de.craftinc.gates.listeners.PluginPlayerListener;
@@ -190,4 +190,60 @@ public class Plugin extends JavaPlugin
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	
+	public void storeInvalidGate(Map<String, Object> map)
+	{
+		File invalidGatesFile = new File(getDataFolder(), "invalid_gates.yml");
+		Boolean invalidGatesFileExists = invalidGatesFile.exists();
+		
+		try {
+			FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(invalidGatesFile, true);
+			
+			if (!invalidGatesFileExists) {
+				fileWriter.write("gates:\n");
+			}
+			
+			fileWriter.write("- ==: ");
+			fileWriter.write(map.get("==").toString() + "\n");
+			map.remove("==");
+			
+			fileWriter.write("\topen: false\n");
+			map.remove("open");
+			
+			fileWriter.write("\tgateBlocks: []\n");
+			map.remove("gateBlocks");
+			
+			
+			for (String key : map.keySet()) {
+				Object value = map.get(key);
+				
+				fileWriter.write("\t" + key + ": ");
+				
+				if (value instanceof Map) {
+					fileWriter.write("\n");
+					
+					@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+					Map<String, Object> valueMap = (Map<String, Object>)value;
+					
+					for (String k : valueMap.keySet()) {
+						Object v = valueMap.get(k);
+					
+						fileWriter.write("\t\t" + k + ": " + v.toString() + "\n");
+					}
+
+				}
+				else {
+					fileWriter.write(value.toString() + "\n");
+				}
+				
+			}
+			
+			fileWriter.close();
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			log("ERROR: Could not save invalid gates to disk.");
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
 }