diff --git a/beetsplug/badfiles.py b/beetsplug/badfiles.py
index 40a3ef7a8..1d9396875 100644
--- a/beetsplug/badfiles.py
+++ b/beetsplug/badfiles.py
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ import sys
 import six
 
 
+class CheckerCommandException(Exception):
+    """Raised when running a checker failed.
+    
+    Attributes:
+        checker: Checker command name.
+        path: Path to the file being validated.
+        errno: Error number from the checker execution error.
+        msg: Message from the checker execution error.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cmd, oserror):
+        self.checker = cmd[0]
+        self.path = cmd[-1]
+        self.errno = oserror.errno
+        self.msg = str(oserror)
+
+
 class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
     def run_command(self, cmd):
         self._log.debug(u"running command: {}",
@@ -43,12 +61,7 @@ class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
             errors = 1
             status = e.returncode
         except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-                raise ui.UserError(u"command not found: {}".format(cmd[0]))
-            else:
-                raise ui.UserError(
-                    u"error invoking {}: {}".format(cmd[0], e)
-                )
+            raise CheckerCommandException(cmd, e)
         output = output.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
         return status, errors, [line for line in output.split("\n") if line]
 
@@ -97,14 +110,26 @@ class BadFiles(BeetsPlugin):
             ext = os.path.splitext(item.path)[1][1:].decode('utf8', 'ignore')
             checker = self.get_checker(ext)
             if not checker:
-                self._log.debug(u"no checker available for {}", ext)
+                self._log.error(u"no checker specified in the config for {}",
+                                ext)
                 continue
             path = item.path
             if not isinstance(path, six.text_type):
                 path = item.path.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
-            status, errors, output = checker(path)
+            try:
+                status, errors, output = checker(path)
+            except CheckerCommandException as e:
+                if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                    self._log.error(
+                        u"command not found: {} when validating file: {}",
+                        e.checker,
+                        e.path
+                    )
+                else:
+                    self._log.error(u"error invoking {}: {}", e.checker, e.msg)
+                continue
             if status > 0:
-                ui.print_(u"{}: checker exited withs status {}"
+                ui.print_(u"{}: checker exited with status {}"
                           .format(ui.colorize('text_error', dpath), status))
                 for line in output:
                     ui.print_(u"  {}".format(displayable_path(line)))
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index af03df646..5fd388e4f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ Fixes:
 * :doc:`/plugins/badfiles`: Fix Python 3 compatibility.
 * Fix some cases where album-level ReplayGain/SoundCheck metadata would be
   written to files incorrectly. :bug:`2426`
-
+* Fixed the badfiles plugin to allow the execution to continue to other files
+  if validator command is not found or exists with an error. :bug:`2430`
+  :bug:`2433`
 
 1.4.3 (January 9, 2017)
 -----------------------