diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5c1fc43bbbc3f840d7ceecf0e3579b7116539c4..b6af041b7b73e9bcd622a91bebecb4a8d2984ff3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pom-bigdataviewer</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.9</version>
+		<version>1.0.10</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>bigdataviewer_fiji</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/bdv/ij/OpenImagePlusPlugIn.java b/src/main/java/bdv/ij/OpenImagePlusPlugIn.java
index 2dd8282bc724b1268edec23e2efca1a182f0c818..2d9984bdfdca9ed4ab46b61a0a971d8fd9349058 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bdv/ij/OpenImagePlusPlugIn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bdv/ij/OpenImagePlusPlugIn.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import ij.ImagePlus;
 import ij.WindowManager;
 import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
 import ij.process.LUT;
-import mpicbg.spim.data.SpimDataException;
 import mpicbg.spim.data.generic.sequence.BasicImgLoader;
 import mpicbg.spim.data.generic.sequence.BasicViewSetup;
 import mpicbg.spim.data.registration.ViewRegistration;
@@ -173,20 +172,13 @@ public class OpenImagePlusPlugIn implements PlugIn
 		final SpimDataMinimal spimData = new SpimDataMinimal( basePath, seq, new ViewRegistrations( registrations ) );
 		WrapBasicImgLoader.wrapImgLoaderIfNecessary( spimData );
 
-		try
-		{
-			final BigDataViewer bdv = new BigDataViewer( spimData, "BigDataViewer", new ProgressWriterIJ() );
-			final SetupAssignments sa = bdv.getSetupAssignments();
-			final VisibilityAndGrouping vg = bdv.getViewer().getVisibilityAndGrouping();
-			if ( imp.isComposite() )
-				transferChannelSettings( ( CompositeImage ) imp, sa, vg );
-			else if ( imp.getType() == ImagePlus.COLOR_RGB )
-				transferSettingsRGB( imp, sa );
-		}
-		catch ( final SpimDataException e )
-		{
-			throw new RuntimeException( e );
-		}
+		final BigDataViewer bdv = new BigDataViewer( spimData, "BigDataViewer", new ProgressWriterIJ() );
+		final SetupAssignments sa = bdv.getSetupAssignments();
+		final VisibilityAndGrouping vg = bdv.getViewer().getVisibilityAndGrouping();
+		if ( imp.isComposite() )
+			transferChannelSettings( ( CompositeImage ) imp, sa, vg );
+		else if ( imp.getType() == ImagePlus.COLOR_RGB )
+			transferSettingsRGB( imp, sa );
 	}
 
 	protected void transferChannelSettings( final CompositeImage ci, final SetupAssignments setupAssignments, final VisibilityAndGrouping visibility )