diff --git a/pokedex/db/load.py b/pokedex/db/load.py
index f34ee46..1c27966 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/load.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/load.py
@@ -193,7 +193,39 @@ def load(session, tables=[], directory=None, drop_tables=False, verbose=False, s
 
     print_start('Creating tables')
     for n, table in enumerate(table_objs):
-        table.create(bind=engine)
+        try:
+            table.create(bind=engine)
+        
+        # This except is for SQLite
+        except sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError as error:
+            # All the databases create extra spaces or new lines so this is the best way I can see to handle it
+            if "table {} already exists".format(table) in error.orig.__str__():
+                print("\n\nERROR:  The table '{}' already exists in the database. "
+                    "Did you mean to use 'pokedex load -D'".format(table))
+            
+            # If the error was not that the table already exists, full error message is displayed
+            else:
+                print("\n\nUNEXPECTED Error:  ", error)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        
+        # This except is for PostgreSQL
+        except sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError as error:
+            if 'relation "{}" already exists'.format(table) in error.orig.__str__():
+                print("\n\nERROR:  The table '{}' already exists in the database. "
+                    "Did you mean to use 'pokedex load -D'".format(table))
+            else:
+                print("\n\nUNEXPECTED Error:  ", error)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        
+        # This except is for MySQL
+        except sqlalchemy.exc.InternalError as error:
+            if "Table '{}' already exists".format(table) in error.orig.__str__():
+                print("\n\nERROR:  The table '{}' already exists in the database. "
+                    "Did you mean to use 'pokedex load -D'".format(table))
+            else:
+                print("\n\nUNEXPECTED Error:  ", error)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
         print_status('%s/%s' % (n, len(table_objs)))
     print_done()