diff --git a/src/libLocalDescriptorCache/DescDbProxy.cpp b/src/libLocalDescriptorCache/DescDbProxy.cpp
index e274398..4afbfbb 100644
--- a/src/libLocalDescriptorCache/DescDbProxy.cpp
+++ b/src/libLocalDescriptorCache/DescDbProxy.cpp
@@ -301,10 +301,9 @@ std::string DescDbProxy::prepareCacheFile()
     return dbFilePath;
 }
 
-void DescDbProxy::getDescriptors(const std::string &f_hostAddress)
-{  
-    std::string cacheFilePath = prepareCacheFile();
-
+/// returns false if file was found but could not be parsed. true otherwise.
+static bool getDbFileFromCacheFile(const std::string& cacheFilePath, localDescDb::DescriptorDb& file)
+{
     // Import .prot file
     std::fstream input;
     input.open(cacheFilePath, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
@@ -317,10 +316,33 @@ void DescDbProxy::getDescriptors(const std::string &f_hostAddress)
         }
         //std::cerr << "Cannot open file, file does not exist. Creating new file.." << std::endl;
     }
-    else if (!dbFile.ParseFromIstream(&input)) 
+    else 
     {
-      std::cerr << "Failed to parse local Descriptor Cache." << std::endl;
-      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        return file.ParseFromIstream(&input);
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void DescDbProxy::getDescriptors(const std::string &f_hostAddress)
+{  
+    localDescDb::DescriptorDb dbFile;
+    std::string cacheFilePath = prepareCacheFile();
+    if( getDbFileFromCacheFile(cacheFilePath, dbFile) == false )
+    {
+        // Parsing the cache file failed. re-instantiating the cache:
+        // remove cache file if failed and try again.
+        std::filesystem::remove(cacheFilePath);
+
+        // new file to ensure there are no side-effects from last parsing failure.
+        localDescDb::DescriptorDb newDbFile;
+
+        if( getDbFileFromCacheFile(cacheFilePath, newDbFile) == false )
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Failed to parse local Descriptor Cache." << std::endl;
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+        dbFile = newDbFile; //overwrite the main dbFile.
     }
 
     std::string gwhisperBuildVersion = GWHISPER_BUILD_VERSION;
diff --git a/tests/functionTests/cacheFunctionTests.txt b/tests/functionTests/cacheFunctionTests.txt
index 02047bc..1093f5b 100644
--- a/tests/functionTests/cacheFunctionTests.txt
+++ b/tests/functionTests/cacheFunctionTests.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,28 @@ RPC succeeded :D
 #END_CMD
 #END_TEST
 
+#START_TEST RPC with invalid cache
+#EXEC_CMD
+rm ~/.cache/gwhisper/DescriptorCache.bin
+#END_CMD
+#EXEC_CMD
+touch ~/.cache/gwhisper/DescriptorCache.bin
+#END_CMD
+#EXEC_CMD
+echo "212123132yx1c56y465wad6sa4dwq7e98wq7w98e7qw89jdsakjdksal" >> ~/.cache/gwhisper/DescriptorCache.bin
+#END_CMD
+#EXEC_CMD
+cat ~/.cache/gwhisper/DescriptorCache.bin
+212123132yx1c56y465wad6sa4dwq7e98wq7w98e7qw89jdsakjdksal
+#END_CMD
+#EXEC_CMD
+@@CMD@@ --rpcTimeoutMilliseconds=125000 localhost:50051 examples.ScalarTypeRpcs negateBool m_bool=0
+/.* Received message:
+| m_bool = true
+RPC succeeded :D
+#END_CMD
+#END_TEST
+
 ##############################################################################
 # secure RPC with cache
 ##############################################################################