diff --git a/freqtrade/analyze.py b/freqtrade/analyze.py
index 0abd473d7..91a041d52 100644
--- a/freqtrade/analyze.py
+++ b/freqtrade/analyze.py
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ def get_signal(pair: str, signal: SignalType) -> bool:
     except ValueError as ex:
         logger.warning('Unable to analyze ticker for pair %s: %s', pair, str(ex))
         return False
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logger.exception('Unexpected error when analyzing ticker for pair %s: %s', pair, str(ex))
+        return False
 
     if dataframe.empty:
         return False
diff --git a/freqtrade/misc.py b/freqtrade/misc.py
index 9f414a72f..900aa8763 100644
--- a/freqtrade/misc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/misc.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ def load_config(path: str) -> Dict:
     try:
         validate(conf, CONF_SCHEMA)
         return conf
-    except ValidationError:
-        logger.fatal('Configuration is not valid! See config.json.example')
+    except ValidationError as ex:
+        logger.fatal('Invalid configuration. See config.json.example. Reason: %s', ex)
         raise ValidationError(
             best_match(Draft4Validator(CONF_SCHEMA).iter_errors(conf)).message
         )
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
index 47a557e10..040c45f26 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_analyze.py
@@ -63,3 +63,11 @@ def test_returns_latest_sell_signal(mocker):
         return_value=DataFrame([{'sell': 0, 'date': arrow.utcnow()}])
     )
     assert not get_signal('BTC-ETH', SignalType.SELL)
+
+
+def test_get_signal_handles_exceptions(mocker):
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.analyze.get_ticker_history', return_value=MagicMock())
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.analyze.analyze_ticker',
+                 side_effect=Exception('invalid ticker history '))
+
+    assert not get_signal('BTC-ETH', SignalType.BUY)