diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
index 9a1c2652..3ae69813 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ void State::getQueuedBuilds(Connection & conn, std::shared_ptr<StoreAPI> store,
         try {
             createBuild(build);
         } catch (Error & e) {
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("while loading build %1%: %2%") % build->id % e.what());
-            continue; // FIXME: retry later?
+            e.addPrefix(format("while loading build %1%: ") % build->id);
+            throw;
         }
 
         /* Add the new runnable build steps to ‘runnable’ and wake up