diff --git a/ILSpy/Metadata/DebugDirectoryTreeNode.cs b/ILSpy/Metadata/DebugDirectoryTreeNode.cs
index efbb1fea4..fa765a454 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Metadata/DebugDirectoryTreeNode.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Metadata/DebugDirectoryTreeNode.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #nullable enable
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection.PortableExecutable;
 
@@ -68,30 +69,37 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Metadata
 		{
 			foreach (var entry in module.Reader.ReadDebugDirectory())
 			{
-				switch (entry.Type)
+				try
 				{
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.CodeView:
-						var codeViewData = module.Reader.ReadCodeViewDebugDirectoryData(entry);
-						this.Children.Add(new CodeViewTreeNode(codeViewData));
-						break;
-
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.EmbeddedPortablePdb:
-						var embeddedPortablePdbProvider = module.Reader.ReadEmbeddedPortablePdbDebugDirectoryData(entry);
-						var embeddedPortablePdbMetadataFile = new MetadataFile(MetadataFile.MetadataFileKind.ProgramDebugDatabase, module.FileName, embeddedPortablePdbProvider, isEmbedded: true);
-						this.Children.Add(new MetadataTreeNode(embeddedPortablePdbMetadataFile, "Debug Metadata (Embedded)"));
-						break;
-
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.PdbChecksum:
-						var pdbChecksumData = module.Reader.ReadPdbChecksumDebugDirectoryData(entry);
-						this.Children.Add(new PdbChecksumTreeNode(pdbChecksumData));
-						break;
-
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Unknown:
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Coff:
-					case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Reproducible:
-					default:
-						this.Children.Add(new DebugDirectoryEntryTreeNode(module, entry));
-						break;
+					switch (entry.Type)
+					{
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.CodeView:
+							var codeViewData = module.Reader.ReadCodeViewDebugDirectoryData(entry);
+							this.Children.Add(new CodeViewTreeNode(codeViewData));
+							break;
+
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.EmbeddedPortablePdb:
+							var embeddedPortablePdbProvider = module.Reader.ReadEmbeddedPortablePdbDebugDirectoryData(entry);
+							var embeddedPortablePdbMetadataFile = new MetadataFile(MetadataFile.MetadataFileKind.ProgramDebugDatabase, module.FileName, embeddedPortablePdbProvider, isEmbedded: true);
+							this.Children.Add(new MetadataTreeNode(embeddedPortablePdbMetadataFile, "Debug Metadata (Embedded)"));
+							break;
+
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.PdbChecksum:
+							var pdbChecksumData = module.Reader.ReadPdbChecksumDebugDirectoryData(entry);
+							this.Children.Add(new PdbChecksumTreeNode(pdbChecksumData));
+							break;
+
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Unknown:
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Coff:
+						case DebugDirectoryEntryType.Reproducible:
+						default:
+							this.Children.Add(new DebugDirectoryEntryTreeNode(module, entry));
+							break;
+					}
+				}
+				catch (BadImageFormatException ex)
+				{
+					this.Children.Add(new ErrorTreeNode(ex));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/ILSpy/TreeNodes/ThreadingSupport.cs b/ILSpy/TreeNodes/ThreadingSupport.cs
index 8aab2610f..fd0118de6 100644
--- a/ILSpy/TreeNodes/ThreadingSupport.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/TreeNodes/ThreadingSupport.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ using ICSharpCode.Decompiler;
 using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties;
 using ICSharpCode.ILSpyX.TreeView;
 
+#nullable enable
+
 namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 {
 	/// <summary>
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 	{
 		readonly Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
 		CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-		Task<List<SharpTreeNode>> loadChildrenTask;
+		Task<List<SharpTreeNode>>? loadChildrenTask;
 
 		public bool IsRunning {
 			get { return loadChildrenTask != null && !loadChildrenTask.IsCompleted; }
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 			CancellationToken ct = cancellationTokenSource.Token;
 
 			var fetchChildrenEnumerable = fetchChildren(ct);
-			Task<List<SharpTreeNode>> thisTask = null;
+			Task<List<SharpTreeNode>>? thisTask = null;
 			thisTask = new Task<List<SharpTreeNode>>(
 				delegate {
 					List<SharpTreeNode> result = new List<SharpTreeNode>();
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 								{
 									foreach (Exception ex in continuation.Exception.InnerExceptions)
 									{
-										node.Children.Add(new ErrorTreeNode(ex.ToString()));
+										node.Children.Add(new ErrorTreeNode(ex));
 									}
 								}
 							}
@@ -148,29 +150,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 			}
 		}
 
-		sealed class ErrorTreeNode : ILSpyTreeNode
-		{
-			readonly string text;
-
-			public override object Text {
-				get { return text; }
-			}
-
-			public ErrorTreeNode(string text)
-			{
-				this.text = text;
-			}
-
-			public override FilterResult Filter(LanguageSettings settings)
-			{
-				return FilterResult.Match;
-			}
-
-			public override void Decompile(Language language, ITextOutput output, DecompilationOptions options)
-			{
-			}
-		}
-
 		[ExportContextMenuEntry(Header = nameof(Resources.CopyErrorMessage))]
 		[Shared]
 		sealed class CopyErrorMessageContextMenu : IContextMenuEntry
@@ -201,4 +180,39 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	sealed class ErrorTreeNode : ILSpyTreeNode
+	{
+		public Exception? Exception { get; }
+
+		public override object Text { get; }
+
+		public override object Icon => Images.Load(this, "Images/Warning");
+
+		public ErrorTreeNode(Exception exception)
+			: this(exception.Message)
+		{
+			this.Exception = exception;
+		}
+
+		public ErrorTreeNode(string text)
+		{
+			this.Text = text;
+		}
+
+		public override FilterResult Filter(LanguageSettings settings)
+		{
+			return FilterResult.Match;
+		}
+
+		public override void Decompile(Language language, ITextOutput output, DecompilationOptions options)
+		{
+			output.WriteLine(this.Text.ToString());
+			output.WriteLine();
+			if (this.Exception != null)
+			{
+				output.WriteLine(this.Exception.ToString());
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }