diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index badd72c..a72ab6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ export S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_BUCKET='some-bucket-to-use'
 postgres_to_redshift
 ```
 
+Optional flags:
+
+```bash
+# Optional debug flag if you'd like the copy job to only warn on Redshift loading errors
+# (instead of exiting) and keep going.
+export WARN_ON_LOADING_ERROR='true'
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 1. Fork it ( https://github.com/kitchensurfing/postgres_to_redshift/fork )
diff --git a/lib/postgres_to_redshift.rb b/lib/postgres_to_redshift.rb
index c41e689..fa5ca4b 100644
--- a/lib/postgres_to_redshift.rb
+++ b/lib/postgres_to_redshift.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-require "postgres_to_redshift/version"
+require 'postgres_to_redshift/version'
 require 'pg'
 require 'uri'
 require 'aws-sdk-v1'
 require 'zlib'
 require 'tempfile'
-require "postgres_to_redshift/table"
-require "postgres_to_redshift/column"
+require 'postgres_to_redshift/table'
+require 'postgres_to_redshift/column'
 
 class PostgresToRedshift
   class << self
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def self.target_uri
   def self.source_connection
     unless instance_variable_defined?(:"@source_connection")
       @source_connection = PG::Connection.new(host: source_uri.host, port: source_uri.port, user: source_uri.user || ENV['USER'], password: source_uri.password, dbname: source_uri.path[1..-1])
-      @source_connection.exec("SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS AS TRANSACTION READ ONLY;")
+      @source_connection.exec('SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS AS TRANSACTION READ ONLY;')
     end
 
     @source_connection
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def bucket
   end
 
   def copy_table(table)
-    tmpfile = Tempfile.new("psql2rs")
+    tmpfile = Tempfile.new('psql2rs')
     zip = Zlib::GzipWriter.new(tmpfile)
     chunksize = 5 * GIGABYTE # uncompressed
     chunk = 1
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ def copy_table(table)
       source_connection.copy_data(copy_command) do
         while row = source_connection.get_copy_data
           zip.write(row)
-          if (zip.pos > chunksize)
+          if zip.pos > chunksize
             zip.finish
             tmpfile.rewind
             upload_table(table, tmpfile, chunk)
             chunk += 1
             zip.close unless zip.closed?
             tmpfile.unlink
-            tmpfile = Tempfile.new("psql2rs")
+            tmpfile = Tempfile.new('psql2rs')
             zip = Zlib::GzipWriter.new(tmpfile)
           end
         end
@@ -128,14 +128,45 @@ def import_table(table)
     puts "Importing #{table.target_table_name}"
     target_connection.exec("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS public.#{table.target_table_name}_updating")
 
-    target_connection.exec("BEGIN;")
+    begin
+      target_connection.exec('BEGIN;')
+
+      target_connection.exec("ALTER TABLE public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} RENAME TO #{table.target_table_name}_updating")
+
+      target_connection.exec("CREATE TABLE public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} (#{table.columns_for_create})")
+
+      target_connection.exec("COPY public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} FROM 's3://#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_BUCKET']}/export/#{table.target_table_name}.psv.gz' CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_ID']};aws_secret_access_key=#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_KEY']}' GZIP TRUNCATECOLUMNS ESCAPE DELIMITER as '|';")
+
+      target_connection.exec('COMMIT;')
+
+    rescue PG::InternalError => exception
+      handle_pg_exception(table, exception)
+    end
+  end
 
-    target_connection.exec("ALTER TABLE public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} RENAME TO #{table.target_table_name}_updating")
+  def handle_pg_exception(table, exception)
+    target_connection.exec('ROLLBACK;')
 
-    target_connection.exec("CREATE TABLE public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} (#{table.columns_for_create})")
+    if exception.message.include?('stl_load_errors')
+      puts exception.message
+      puts "ERROR:  Last entry in Redshift's 'stl_load_errors' table:"
+      print_last_redshift_loading_error
 
-    target_connection.exec("COPY public.#{target_connection.quote_ident(table.target_table_name)} FROM 's3://#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_BUCKET']}/export/#{table.target_table_name}.psv.gz' CREDENTIALS 'aws_access_key_id=#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_ID']};aws_secret_access_key=#{ENV['S3_DATABASE_EXPORT_KEY']}' GZIP TRUNCATECOLUMNS ESCAPE DELIMITER as '|';")
+      if !ENV['WARN_ON_LOADING_ERROR'].nil? && ENV['WARN_ON_LOADING_ERROR'].casecmp('true') == 0
+        puts "\nINFO:  Skipping '#{table.name}' and continuing on."
+      else
+        exit
+      end
+    else
+      puts 'ERROR:  Unhandled PG error:'
+      raise
+    end
+  end
 
-    target_connection.exec("COMMIT;")
+  def print_last_redshift_loading_error
+    error_row = target_connection.exec('SELECT * FROM pg_catalog.stl_load_errors ORDER BY starttime DESC LIMIT 1').first
+    error_row.each do |k, v|
+      puts "\t#{k}: #{v}"
+    end
   end
 end