diff --git a/server/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/server/HlsServlet.java b/server/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/server/HlsServlet.java
index 51f89745..af04c95b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/server/HlsServlet.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/server/HlsServlet.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
@@ -15,9 +14,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.iheartradio.m3u8.ParseException;
-import com.iheartradio.m3u8.PlaylistException;
-
 import ctbrec.Config;
 
 public class HlsServlet extends AbstractCtbrecServlet {
@@ -54,12 +50,7 @@ public class HlsServlet extends AbstractCtbrecServlet {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                try {
-                    servePlaylist(req, resp, requestedFile);
-                } catch (ParseException | PlaylistException e) {
-                    LOG.error("Error while generating playlist file", e);
-                    throw new IOException("Couldn't generate playlist file " + requestedFile, e);
-                }
+                servePlaylist(req, resp, requestedFile);
             } else {
                 if (requestedFile.exists()) {
                     serveSegment(req, resp, requestedFile);
@@ -77,15 +68,15 @@ public class HlsServlet extends AbstractCtbrecServlet {
         resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
     }
 
-    private void serveSegment(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, File requestedFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+    private void serveSegment(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, File requestedFile) throws IOException {
         serveFile(resp, requestedFile, "application/octet-stream");
     }
 
-    private void servePlaylist(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, File requestedFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ParseException, PlaylistException {
+    private void servePlaylist(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, File requestedFile) throws IOException {
         serveFile(resp, requestedFile, "application/x-mpegURL");
     }
 
-    private void serveFile(HttpServletResponse resp, File file, String contentType) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+    private void serveFile(HttpServletResponse resp, File file, String contentType) throws IOException {
         LOG.trace("Serving segment {}", file.getAbsolutePath());
         resp.setStatus(200);
         resp.setContentLength((int) file.length());