diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/lib/pmd-5.0.jar b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/lib/pmd-5.0.jar
index b6f8a20ee3..4cb01e89fa 100644
Binary files a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/lib/pmd-5.0.jar and b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/lib/pmd-5.0.jar differ
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/preferences/impl/PreferencesManagerImpl.java b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/preferences/impl/PreferencesManagerImpl.java
index 3c3f5e0b28..0825268909 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/preferences/impl/PreferencesManagerImpl.java
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-plugin/plugins/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/preferences/impl/PreferencesManagerImpl.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSet;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSetFactory;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSetNotFoundException;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.core.IRuleSetManager;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin.PMDPlugin;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.runtime.preferences.IPreferences;
@@ -344,16 +345,12 @@ class PreferencesManagerImpl implements IPreferencesManager {
         File ruleSetFile = new File(ruleSetLocation.toOSString());
         if (ruleSetFile.exists()) {
             try {
-                FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(ruleSetLocation.toOSString());
-                preferedRuleSet = factory.createRuleSet(in);
-                in.close();
-            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-                PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError("File Not Found Exception when loading state ruleset file", e);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError("IO Exception when loading state ruleset file", e);
+                preferedRuleSet = factory.createRuleSet(ruleSetLocation.toOSString());
             } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             	PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError("Runtime Exception when loading state ruleset file", e);
-            }
+            } catch (RuleSetNotFoundException e) {
+            	PMDPlugin.getDefault().logError("RuleSet Not Found Exception when loading state ruleset file", e);
+	    }
         }
 
         // Finally, build a default ruleset