diff --git a/bindings/python/tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet/binding.c b/bindings/python/tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet/binding.c
index 8122c88..3bf1829 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet/binding.c
+++ b/bindings/python/tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet/binding.c
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 typedef struct TSLanguage TSLanguage;
 
-TSLanguage *tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet(void);
+TSLanguage *tree_sitter_vb_dotnet(void);
 
 static PyObject* _binding_language(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(self), PyObject *Py_UNUSED(args)) {
-    return PyCapsule_New(tree_sitter_tree_sitter_vb_dotnet(), "tree_sitter.Language", NULL);
+    TSLanguage *language = tree_sitter_vb_dotnet();
+    if (language == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to load VB.NET language grammar");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyCapsule_New(language, "tree_sitter.Language", NULL);
 }
 
 static struct PyModuleDef_Slot slots[] = {