diff --git a/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/offline_database.hpp b/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/offline_database.hpp
index e19dcfade9a..303ece3654d 100644
--- a/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/offline_database.hpp
+++ b/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/offline_database.hpp
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class OfflineDatabase : private util::noncopyable {
     void initialize();
     void handleError(const mapbox::sqlite::Exception&, const char* action);
     void handleError(const util::IOException&, const char* action);
-
+    void handleError(const std::runtime_error &ex, const char* action);
+        
     void removeExisting();
     void removeOldCacheTable();
     void createSchema();
diff --git a/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/offline_database.cpp b/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/offline_database.cpp
index 83eea7bcc47..db56e692a7d 100644
--- a/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/offline_database.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/offline_database.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ void OfflineDatabase::handleError(const util::IOException& ex, const char* actio
     Log::Error(Event::Database, ex.code, "Can't %s: %s", action, ex.what());
 }
 
+void OfflineDatabase::handleError(const std::runtime_error &ex, const char* action) {
+    // What else needs to happen here??
+    Log::Error(Event::Database, -1, "Can't %s: %s", action, ex.what());
+}
+
 void OfflineDatabase::removeExisting() {
     Log::Warning(Event::Database, "Removing existing incompatible offline database");
 
@@ -1059,6 +1064,11 @@ expected<OfflineRegionDefinition, std::exception_ptr> OfflineDatabase::getRegion
 } catch (const mapbox::sqlite::Exception& ex) {
     handleError(ex, "load region");
     return unexpected<std::exception_ptr>(std::current_exception());
+} catch (const std::runtime_error& ex) {
+    // Catch errors from malformed offline region definitions
+    // and skip them (as above).
+    handleError(ex, "load region");
+    return unexpected<std::exception_ptr>(std::current_exception());
 }
 
 expected<OfflineRegionStatus, std::exception_ptr> OfflineDatabase::getRegionCompletedStatus(int64_t regionID) try {