@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 #import "OFPlugin.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFLocalization.h"
 
 #import "OFInitializationFailedException.h"
+#import "OFOpenItemFailedException.h"
 
 typedef OFPlugin *(*init_plugin_t)(void);
 
 of_plugin_handle_t
 of_dlopen(OFString *path, int flags)
@@ -74,12 +75,13 @@
 	OFPlugin *plugin;
 
 	path = [path stringByAppendingString: @PLUGIN_SUFFIX];
 
 	if ((handle = of_dlopen(path, OF_RTLD_LAZY)) == NULL)
-		@throw [OFInitializationFailedException
-		    exceptionWithClass: self];
+		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithPath: path
+							       mode: nil
+							      errNo: 0];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 	initPlugin = (init_plugin_t)(uintptr_t)of_dlsym(handle, "init_plugin");
 	if (initPlugin == (init_plugin_t)0 || (plugin = initPlugin()) == nil) {
@@ -95,15 +97,16 @@
 - init
 {
 	if (object_getClass(self) == [OFPlugin class]) {
 		@try {
 			[self doesNotRecognizeSelector: _cmd];
-			abort();
 		} @catch (id e) {
 			[self release];
 			@throw e;
 		}
+
+		abort();
 	}
 
 	return [super init];
 }