diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 1ac1f01..f4f0958 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "Parsodus/parser.h"
+#include "g3log/g3log.hpp"
 #include <deque>
 
 namespace pds {
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ Parser::Token Parser::lex() {
 
 	} catch(ParsodusLexer::NoMoreTokens) {
 		return Token{ parsodusParser_Symbol::T_EOF, nullptr };	
-	}
+	} catch (ParsodusLexer::NoMatch) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "Unrecognized character: " << m_lex.peek() << std::endl;
+        throw SyntaxError("Unrecognized character");
+    }
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<Config> Parser::reduce_0(std::deque<Token> subparts) {