diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 6dd5326..d27207a 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ package highlight
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"regexp"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 // A Def is a full syntax definition for a language
@@ -45,13 +46,23 @@ type Region struct {
 }
 
 // ParseDef parses an input syntax file into a highlight Def
-func ParseDef(input []byte) (*Def, error) {
+func ParseDef(input []byte) (s *Def, err error) {
+	// This is just so if we have an error, we can exit cleanly and return the parse error to the user
+	defer func() {
+		if e := recover(); e != nil {
+			// fmt.Println("Micro encountered an error:", err)
+			// Print the stack trace too
+			// fmt.Print(errors.Wrap(err, 2).ErrorStack())
+			err = e.(error)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	var rules map[interface{}]interface{}
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(input, &rules); err != nil {
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(input, &rules); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	s := new(Def)
+	s = new(Def)
 
 	for k, v := range rules {
 		if k == "filetype" {
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ func ParseDef(input []byte) (*Def, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return s, nil
+	return s, err
 }
 
 func parseRules(input []interface{}, curRegion *Region) (*Rules, error) {
diff --git a/syntax_files/objc.yaml b/syntax_files/objc.yaml
index 6ad708d..22d82af 100644
--- a/syntax_files/objc.yaml
+++ b/syntax_files/objc.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ rules:
 
     - special: "^[[:space:]]*[#|@][[:space:]]*(import|include)[[:space:]]*[\"|<].*\\/?[>|\"][[:space:]]*$"
 
-    - statement: "([.:;,+*|=!\\%\\[\\]]|<|>|/|-|&)" 
+    - statement: "([.:;,+*|=!\\%\\[\\]]|<|>|/|-|&)"
 
     - constant.number: "(\\b(-?)?[0-9]+\\b|\\b\\[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\b|\\b0x[0-9A-F]+\\b)"
     - constant: "(@\\[(\\\\.|[^\\]])*\\]|@\\{(\\\\.|[^\\}])*\\}|@\\((\\\\.|[^\\)])*\\))"
diff --git a/syntax_files/syntax_checker.go b/syntax_files/syntax_checker.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91f813f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_files/syntax_checker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/zyedidia/highlight"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(".")
+
+	hadErr := false
+	for _, f := range files {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".yaml") {
+			input, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/Users/zachary/gocode/src/github.com/zyedidia/highlight/syntax_files/" + f.Name())
+			_, err := highlight.ParseDef(input)
+			if err != nil {
+				hadErr = true
+				fmt.Printf("%s:\n", f.Name())
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !hadErr {
+		fmt.Println("No issues!")
+	}
+}