diff --git a/lib/include/edapi/journal/entry.h b/lib/include/edapi/journal/entry.h
index e671941..fc2b2b2 100644
--- a/lib/include/edapi/journal/entry.h
+++ b/lib/include/edapi/journal/entry.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE(
 
 EDJournalEntry *ed_journal_entry_new(void);
 
+EDJournalEntry *ed_journal_entry_new_parse(gchar const *line, GError **error);
+
 EDErrorCode ed_journal_entry_parse(EDJournalEntry *self,
                                    gchar const *line,
                                    GError **error);
diff --git a/lib/src/journal/entry.c b/lib/src/journal/entry.c
index 359b602..b6feed2 100644
--- a/lib/src/journal/entry.c
+++ b/lib/src/journal/entry.c
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ EDJournalEntry *ed_journal_entry_new(void)
         );
 }
 
+EDJournalEntry *ed_journal_entry_new_parse(gchar const *line, GError **error)
+{
+    EDJournalEntry *e = ed_journal_entry_new();
+    return_if_true(e == NULL, NULL);
+
+    EDErrorCode ret = ed_error_internal;
+
+    ret = ed_journal_entry_parse(e, line, error);
+    if (ED_ERROR(ret)) {
+        g_clear_object(&e);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return e;
+}
+
 EDErrorCode ed_journal_entry_parse(EDJournalEntry *self,
                                    gchar const *line,
                                    GError **error)
diff --git a/lib/src/journal/file.c b/lib/src/journal/file.c
index 3c1d363..f86619e 100644
--- a/lib/src/journal/file.c
+++ b/lib/src/journal/file.c
@@ -252,11 +252,9 @@ static EDErrorCode ed_journal_file_load(EDJournalFile *self,
             linelen = 0;
         }
 
-        entry = ed_journal_entry_new();
+        entry = ed_journal_entry_new_parse(line, NULL);
         goto_if_true(entry == NULL, done);
 
-        ret = ed_journal_entry_parse(entry, line, NULL);
-
         g_free(line);
         line = NULL;
         linelen = 0;