diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index 9b4ff31..e168f71 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@
       line = line.replace(/^(".+")=/, '$1:');
       line = line.replace(/^(.+):\d+,/, '$1:0.');
       line = line.replace(/"@.*$/, '"');
-      return JSON.parse("{" + line + "}");
+      try{
+        return JSON.parse("{" + line + "}");
+      }catch(e)
+      {
+        return {};
+      }
     };
     return input.split('\n').map(to_item).reduce(to_object);
   };
diff --git a/src/parse.coffee b/src/parse.coffee
index cce00d6..1e99d95 100644
--- a/src/parse.coffee
+++ b/src/parse.coffee
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ exports.machinereadable_list = (input) ->
 		line = line.replace(/^(.+):\d+,/, '$1:0.')
 		line = line.replace(/"@.*$/, '"')
 
-		return JSON.parse("{#{line}}")
+		try
+			return JSON.parse("{#{line}}")
+		catch e
+			return {}
 
 	return input.split('\n').map(to_item).reduce(to_object)