diff --git a/lib/cxxproject/utils/progress.rb b/lib/cxxproject/utils/progress.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/cxxproject/utils/progress.rb
+++ b/lib/cxxproject/utils/progress.rb
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ begin
     Rake::add_listener(BenchmarkedProgressListener.new)
   end
 
-rescue
+rescue LoadError => e
 end
progress task does not raise if colored or progressbar is not installed - Fixes #<I>