diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/App.java b/src/main/java/millions/App.java
index cb1b7d2..9a83f2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/App.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package millions;
 
+
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 import millions.controller.GameController;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.CSV.CSVStockFileWriter;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.UncheckedFileNotFoundException;
 import millions.view.GameView;
 import millions.view.StartView;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ public void start(Stage stage) {
                 stage.setScene(gameScene);
               } catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "InvalidFormatException: " + e.getMessage());
+
                 Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
                 alert.setTitle("Error");
                 alert.setHeaderText("Error with selected file");
@@ -48,6 +51,16 @@ public void start(Stage stage) {
 
                 alert.showAndWait();
 
+              } catch(UncheckedFileNotFoundException e) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "FileNotFoundException: " + e.getMessage());
+
+                Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+                alert.setTitle("Error");
+                alert.setHeaderText("Error with selected file");
+                alert.setContentText(e.getMessage());
+
+                alert.showAndWait();
+
               } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, ex.getMessage());
                 System.exit(0);
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
index f50c4f7..a151510 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/GameController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package millions.controller;
 
+
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import millions.controller.fileIO.CSV.CSVFileHandler;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.UncheckedFileNotFoundException;
 import millions.model.Exchange;
 import millions.model.Player;
 import millions.model.Stock;
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ public void startGame(
       }
 
       player = new Player(name, startingMoney);
+
+    } catch(UncheckedFileNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new UncheckedFileNotFoundException(e.getMessage());
     } catch(InvalidFormatException e) {
       throw new InvalidFormatException(e.getMessage());
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java
index bcd783d..fd2c3fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/CSV/CSVFileHandler.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import millions.controller.fileIO.InvalidFormatException;
 import millions.controller.fileIO.StockFileReader;
+import millions.controller.fileIO.UncheckedFileNotFoundException;
 import millions.model.Stock;
 
+
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ public CSVFileHandler() {
    * @param filePath Path to stock file
    * @return list of stock object created from parsed file
    * @throws InvalidFormatException Throws an InvalidFormatException received from parser
+   * @throws UncheckedFileNotFoundException Upon Receiving a FilenotFoundException
    */
   public List<Stock> getStocksFromFile(Path filePath) {
     try {
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ public List<Stock> getStocksFromFile(Path filePath) {
 
     } catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
       throw new InvalidFormatException(e.getMessage());
+    } catch (UncheckedFileNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new UncheckedFileNotFoundException(e.getMessage());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
index f873896..f7121cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/StockFileReader.java
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 package millions.controller.fileIO;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Reader;
+
+
+import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 
 /**
  * Reads a file and returns its lines as a list of strings.
  */
 public class StockFileReader {
-
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StockFileReader.class.getName());
   public StockFileReader() {}
 
   /**
    * Reads the file found at the specified path
    * @param path Path to the desired file
    * @return List of each line in the file as a string
+   * @throws UncheckedFileNotFoundException Upon encountering a FileNotFoundException
    */
-  public List<String> readFile(Path path) {
+  public List<String> readFile(Path path)  {
     File file = new File(path.toString());
     List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
     try (Reader reader = new FileReader(file);
@@ -32,7 +33,12 @@ public List<String> readFile(Path path) {
         lines.add(line);
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
+      if (e instanceof FileNotFoundException) {
+        throw new UncheckedFileNotFoundException("Couldn't find file at specified path");
+      }
+      else {
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Encountered unexpected IOException: ", e.getMessage());
+      }
     }
     return lines;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/UncheckedFileNotFoundException.java b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/UncheckedFileNotFoundException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4b02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/controller/fileIO/UncheckedFileNotFoundException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package millions.controller.fileIO;
+
+public class UncheckedFileNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {
+  public UncheckedFileNotFoundException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}