diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Destination.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Destination.java
index 8b0269c58083fc3a85304e56d2d90ba04707da19..42f7f88872d806f1396d9dbdda117663e7c33cf6 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Destination.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/data/Destination.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class Destination extends DataStructureImpl {
      * alternative constructor which takes a base64 string representation
      * @param s a Base64 representation of the destination, as (eg) is used in hosts.txt
      */
-    public Destination(String s) {
+    public Destination(String s) throws DataFormatException {
         this();
         fromBase64(s);
     }