diff --git a/src/Controller/PartListsController.php b/src/Controller/PartListsController.php
index 2040cee6..52d65d2a 100644
--- a/src/Controller/PartListsController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/PartListsController.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use App\Entity\Parts\Footprint;
 use App\Entity\Parts\Manufacturer;
 use App\Entity\Parts\Storelocation;
 use App\Entity\Parts\Supplier;
+use App\Exceptions\InvalidRegexException;
 use App\Form\Filters\PartFilterType;
 use App\Services\Parts\PartsTableActionHandler;
 use App\Services\Trees\NodesListBuilder;
@@ -151,19 +152,19 @@ class PartListsController extends AbstractController
 
         if ($table->isCallback()) {
             try {
-                return $table->getResponse();
-            } catch (DriverException $driverException) {
-                if ($driverException->getCode() === 1139) {
-
-                    //Show only the part after "1139"
-                    $regex_message = preg_replace('/^.*1139 /', '', $driverException->getMessage());
-
-                    $errors = $this->translator->trans('part.table.invalid_regex') . ': ' . $regex_message;
-
-                   return ErrorDataTable::errorTable($this->dataTableFactory, $request, $errors);
-                } else {
-                    throw $driverException;
+                try {
+                    return $table->getResponse();
+                } catch (DriverException $driverException) {
+                    if ($driverException->getCode() === 1139) {
+                        //Convert the driver exception to InvalidRegexException so it has the same hanlder as for SQLite
+                        throw InvalidRegexException::fromDriverException($driverException);
+                    } else {
+                        throw $driverException;
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (InvalidRegexException $exception) {
+                $errors = $this->translator->trans('part.table.invalid_regex').': '.$exception->getReason();
+                return ErrorDataTable::errorTable($this->dataTableFactory, $request, $errors);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/SQLiteRegexExtension.php b/src/Doctrine/SQLiteRegexExtension.php
index 1cdab603..0845ffb2 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/SQLiteRegexExtension.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/SQLiteRegexExtension.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Doctrine;
 
+use App\Exceptions\InvalidRegexException;
 use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\EventSubscriber\EventSubscriberInterface;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Event\ConnectionEventArgs;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Events;
@@ -43,7 +44,11 @@ class SQLiteRegexExtension implements EventSubscriberInterface
             //Ensure that the function really exists on the connection, as it is marked as experimental according to PHP documentation
             if($native_connection instanceof \PDO && method_exists($native_connection, 'sqliteCreateFunction' )) {
                 $native_connection->sqliteCreateFunction('REGEXP', function ($pattern, $value) {
-                    return (false !== mb_ereg($pattern, $value)) ? 1 : 0;
+                    try {
+                        return (false !== mb_ereg($pattern, $value)) ? 1 : 0;
+                    } catch (\ErrorException $e) {
+                        throw InvalidRegexException::fromMBRegexError($e);
+                    }
                 });
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Exceptions/InvalidRegexException.php b/src/Exceptions/InvalidRegexException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a94201d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/InvalidRegexException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Part-DB (https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-symfony).
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 Jan Böhmer (https://github.com/jbtronics)
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ *  by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+namespace App\Exceptions;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException;
+use ErrorException;
+
+class InvalidRegexException extends \RuntimeException
+{
+    private ?string $reason;
+
+    public function __construct(string $reason = null)
+    {
+        $this->reason = $reason;
+        parent::__construct('Invalid regular expression');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the reason for the exception (what the regex driver deemed invalid)
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function getReason(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->reason;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception from a driver exception happening, when MySQL encounters an invalid regex
+     * @param  DriverException  $exception
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public static function fromDriverException(DriverException $exception): self
+    {
+        //1139 means invalid regex error
+        if ($exception->getCode() !== 1139) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The given exception is not a driver exception', 0, $exception);
+        }
+
+        //Reason is the part after the erorr code
+        $reason = preg_replace('/^.*1139 /', '', $exception->getMessage());
+
+        return new self($reason);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new exception from the errorException thrown by mb_ereg
+     * @param  ErrorException  $ex
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public static function fromMBRegexError(ErrorException $ex): self
+    {
+        //Ensure that the error is really a mb_ereg error
+        if ($ex->getSeverity() !== E_WARNING || !strpos($ex->getMessage(), 'mb_ereg()') !== false) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The given exception is not a mb_ereg error', 0, $ex);
+        }
+
+        //Reason is the part after the erorr code
+        $reason = preg_replace('/^.*mb_ereg\(\): /', '', $ex->getMessage());
+
+        return new self($reason);
+    }
+}
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