diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
index df54c329d3e..39799c812ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/coordination/ZkCoordinator.java
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
         curator.newNamespaceAwareEnsurePath(liveSegmentsLocation).ensure(curator.getZookeeperClient());
 
         if (config.isLoadFromSegmentCacheEnabled()) {
-          loadCache();
+          try {
+            loadCache();
+          }
+          catch (Exception e) {
+            log.makeAlert(e, "Exception loading from cache")
+               .emit();
+          }
         }
 
         loadQueueCache.getListenable().addListener(
@@ -254,7 +260,6 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
         announcer.announceSegment(segment);
       }
       catch (IOException e) {
-        removeSegment(segment);
         throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "Failed to announce segment[%s]", segment.getIdentifier());
       }
 
@@ -269,6 +274,9 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
   public void addSegments(Iterable<DataSegment> segments)
   {
     try {
+      final List<String> segmentFailures = Lists.newArrayList();
+      final List<DataSegment> validSegments = Lists.newArrayList();
+
       for (DataSegment segment : segments) {
         log.info("Loading segment %s", segment.getIdentifier());
 
@@ -276,8 +284,10 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
           serverManager.loadSegment(segment);
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
+          log.error(e, "Exception loading segment[%s]", segment.getIdentifier());
           removeSegment(segment);
-          throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "Exception loading segment[%s]", segment.getIdentifier());
+          segmentFailures.add(segment.getIdentifier());
+          continue;
         }
 
         File segmentInfoCacheFile = new File(config.getSegmentInfoCacheDirectory(), segment.getIdentifier());
@@ -286,21 +296,29 @@ public class ZkCoordinator implements DataSegmentChangeHandler
             jsonMapper.writeValue(segmentInfoCacheFile, segment);
           }
           catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error(e, "Failed to write to disk segment info cache file[%s]", segmentInfoCacheFile);
             removeSegment(segment);
-            throw new SegmentLoadingException(
-                e, "Failed to write to disk segment info cache file[%s]", segmentInfoCacheFile
-            );
+            segmentFailures.add(segment.getIdentifier());
+            continue;
           }
         }
+
+        validSegments.add(segment);
       }
 
       try {
-        announcer.announceSegments(segments);
+        announcer.announceSegments(validSegments);
       }
       catch (IOException e) {
-        removeSegments(segments);
         throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "Failed to announce segments[%s]", segments);
       }
+
+      if (!segmentFailures.isEmpty()) {
+        for (String segmentFailure : segmentFailures) {
+          log.error("%s failed to load", segmentFailure);
+        }
+        throw new SegmentLoadingException("%,d errors seen while loading segments", segmentFailures.size());
+      }
     }
     catch (SegmentLoadingException e) {
       log.makeAlert(e, "Failed to load segments for dataSource")