diff --git a/cmd/kube-score/main.go b/cmd/kube-score/main.go
index deb1d0f6..84b03535 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-score/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-score/main.go
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ Use "-" as filename to read from STDIN.`, execName(binName))
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initializer parser: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	parsedFiles, err := p.ParseFiles(allFilePointers)
-	if err != nil {
+	parsedFiles, parseErr := p.ParseFiles(allFilePointers)
+	if parseErr != nil && parsedFiles == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse files: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ Use "-" as filename to read from STDIN.`, execName(binName))
 	case *exitOneOnWarning && scoreCard.AnyBelowOrEqualToGrade(scorecard.GradeWarning):
 		exitCode = 1
 	default:
-		exitCode = 0
+		if parseErr != nil {
+			exitCode = 1
+		} else {
+			exitCode = 0
+		}
 	}
 
 	var r io.Reader
diff --git a/parser/parse.go b/parser/parse.go
index ffba172a..2f51e599 100644
--- a/parser/parse.go
+++ b/parser/parse.go
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ func Empty() ks.AllTypes {
 func (p *Parser) ParseFiles(files []ks.NamedReader) (ks.AllTypes, error) {
 	s := &parsedObjects{}
 
+	errorOccured := false
 	for _, namedReader := range files {
 		fullFile, err := io.ReadAll(namedReader)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -179,14 +180,17 @@ func (p *Parser) ParseFiles(files []ks.NamedReader) (ks.AllTypes, error) {
 
 			if len(bytes.TrimSpace(fileContents)) > 0 {
 				if err := p.detectAndDecode(s, namedReader.Name(), offset, fileContents); err != nil {
-					return nil, err
+					errorOccured = true
+					log.Printf("Failed to parse '%s': %v", namedReader.Name(), err)
 				}
 			}
 
 			offset += 2 + bytes.Count(fileContents, []byte("\n"))
 		}
 	}
-
+	if errorOccured {
+		return s, fmt.Errorf("one or more files failed to parse")
+	}
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/parser/parse_test.go b/parser/parse_test.go
index d7c7b8eb..7c53519d 100644
--- a/parser/parse_test.go
+++ b/parser/parse_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			"testdata/invalid-yaml.yaml",
-			fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse /v1, Kind=Service: err=json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field ServicePort.spec.ports.nodePort of type int32"),
+			fmt.Errorf("one or more files failed to parse"),
 		}, {
 			"testdata/valid-yaml.yaml",
 			nil,