diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c998fb57..e9b550aea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 - More consistency in how local and remote image conversions are performed in Girder ([#1238](../../pull/1238))
 - Support showing data from subkeys in annotation lists ([#1241](../../pull/1241))
 
+### Bug Fixes
+- The nd2 reader throws a different exception with JP2 files ([#1242](../../pull/1242))
+
 ## 1.23.1
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py b/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
index 291f5767a..b9a4552b0 100644
--- a/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
+++ b/sources/nd2/large_image_source_nd2/__init__.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def __init__(self, path, **kwargs):
         # We use dask to allow lazy reading of large images
         try:
             self._nd2array = self._nd2.to_dask(copy=False, wrapper=False)
-        except TypeError as exc:
+        except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
             self.logger.debug('Failed to read nd2 file: %s', exc)
             raise TileSourceError('File cannot be opened via the nd2 source.')
         arrayOrder = list(self._nd2.sizes)