diff --git a/borax/calendars/festivals2.py b/borax/calendars/festivals2.py
index e84de7f..11aab60 100644
--- a/borax/calendars/festivals2.py
+++ b/borax/calendars/festivals2.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     'FreqConst', 'Festival', 'FestivalSchema',
     'SolarFestival', 'LunarFestival', 'WeekFestival', 'TermFestival',
     'encode', 'decode', 'decode_festival',
-    'FestivalLibrary', 'ConditionUtils'
+    'FestivalLibrary', 'ConditionUtils', 'FestivalDatasetNotExist'
 ]
 
 MixedDate = Union[date, LunarDate]
@@ -970,6 +970,10 @@ def description_contains(festival: Festival, description_contains: str):
         return description_contains in festival.description
 
 
+class FestivalDatasetNotExist(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class FestivalLibrary(collections.UserList):
     """A festival collection.
 
@@ -1226,11 +1230,18 @@ def load_builtin(cls, identifier: str = 'basic') -> 'FestivalLibrary':
 
     @classmethod
     def load(cls, identifier_or_path: Union[str, Path]) -> 'FestivalLibrary':
-        """Create a FestivalLibrary object from borax builtin dataset or custom file."""
+        """Create a FestivalLibrary object from borax builtin dataset or custom file.
+        If dataset does not exist,a FestivalDatasetNotExist is raised.
+        """
         if identifier_or_path == 'empty':
             return FestivalLibrary()
-        try:
-            path_o = get_festival_dataset_path(identifier_or_path)
-            return cls.load_file(path_o)
-        except ValueError:
-            return cls.load_file(identifier_or_path)
+        if isinstance(identifier_or_path, str):
+            try:
+                path_o = get_festival_dataset_path(identifier_or_path)
+            except ValueError:
+                path_o = Path(identifier_or_path)
+        else:
+            path_o = identifier_or_path
+        if not path_o.exists():
+            raise FestivalDatasetNotExist(f'FestivalDataset does not exist:{identifier_or_path}')
+        return cls.load_file(path_o)
diff --git a/tests/test_festival_library.py b/tests/test_festival_library.py
index 97f11a2..095ee70 100644
--- a/tests/test_festival_library.py
+++ b/tests/test_festival_library.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from io import StringIO
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from borax.calendars.festivals2 import LunarFestival, TermFestival, FestivalLibrary, FestivalSchema
+from borax.calendars.festivals2 import (LunarFestival, TermFestival, FestivalLibrary, FestivalSchema,
+                                        FestivalDatasetNotExist)
 
 
 class FestivalLibraryTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ def test_library(self):
     def test_new_load(self):
         fl = FestivalLibrary.load('basic')
         self.assertEqual(33, len(fl))
-        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
-            fl2 = FestivalLibrary.load('not-found')
+        with self.assertRaises(FestivalDatasetNotExist):
+            FestivalLibrary.load('not-found')
 
     def test_list_days(self):
         fl = FestivalLibrary.load_builtin()