diff --git a/puml_generator.py b/puml_generator.py
index 5279ca5..0877394 100644
--- a/puml_generator.py
+++ b/puml_generator.py
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ def is_line_method_declaration(line:str, class_type:str) -> bool:
     :param line: The line to check.
     :return: True if the line is a method declaration, False otherwise.
     """
-    method_pattern = re.compile(r'^\s*(public|private|protected|\s)*\s*(static|final|\s)*\s*(\w[\w\d]*)\s+(\w[\w\d]*)\s*\(.*\)\s*{')
+    # Sometimes these slip in as method declarations
+    if "else if" in line:
+        return False
+    method_pattern = re.compile(r'^\s*(public|private|protected|\s)*\s*(static|final|\s)*\s*(\w[\w\d]*)\s+(\w[\w\d]*)\s*\(.*\)\s*(?:throws\s+\w[\w\d]*)?\s*{')
 
     if class_type == "interface":
         method_pattern = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\s+[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\(\)\s*;$')