diff --git a/gallery_dl/config.py b/gallery_dl/config.py
index d014293e..29d0155f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/config.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/config.py
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ def load(files=None, strict=False, load=util.json_loads):
                 log.error(exc)
                 sys.exit(1)
         except Exception as exc:
-            log.warning("Could not parse '%s': %s", path, exc)
+            log.error("%s when loading '%s': %s",
+                      exc.__class__.__name__, path, exc)
             if strict:
                 sys.exit(2)
         else:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 0f6b1dff..39cfbd1c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.25.4-dev"
+__version__ = "1.26.0-dev"