diff --git a/src/cli/main.zig b/src/cli/main.zig
index a21157ef99e..9a3245f1794 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.zig
+++ b/src/cli/main.zig
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ fn rocRun(allocs: *Allocators, args: cli_args.RunArgs) !void {
 
     // Set up shared memory with ModuleEnv
     std.log.debug("Setting up shared memory for Roc file: {s}", .{args.path});
-    const shm_result = setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs, args.path) catch |err| {
+    const shm_result = setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs, args.path, args.allow_errors) catch |err| {
         std.log.err("Failed to set up shared memory with ModuleEnv: {}", .{err});
         return err;
     };
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ fn writeToWindowsSharedMemory(data: []const u8, total_size: usize) !SharedMemory
 /// This parses, canonicalizes, and type-checks all modules, with the resulting ModuleEnvs
 /// ending up in shared memory because all allocations were done into shared memory.
 /// Platform type modules have their e_anno_only expressions converted to e_hosted_lambda.
-pub fn setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs: *Allocators, roc_file_path: []const u8) !SharedMemoryResult {
+pub fn setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs: *Allocators, roc_file_path: []const u8, allow_errors: bool) !SharedMemoryResult {
     // Create shared memory with SharedMemoryAllocator
     const page_size = try SharedMemoryAllocator.getSystemPageSize();
     var shm = try SharedMemoryAllocator.create(SHARED_MEMORY_SIZE, page_size);
@@ -1686,10 +1686,39 @@ pub fn setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs: *Allocators, roc_file_path: []cons
     app_env.module_name = app_module_name;
     try app_env.common.calcLineStarts(shm_allocator);
 
+    var error_count: usize = 0;
+
     var app_parse_ast = try parse.parse(&app_env.common, allocs.gpa);
     defer app_parse_ast.deinit(allocs.gpa);
-    app_parse_ast.store.emptyScratch();
+    if (app_parse_ast.hasErrors()) {
+        const stderr = stderrWriter();
+        defer stderr.flush() catch {};
+        for (app_parse_ast.tokenize_diagnostics.items) |diagnostic| {
+            error_count += 1;
+            var report = app_parse_ast.tokenizeDiagnosticToReport(diagnostic, allocs.gpa, roc_file_path) catch continue;
+            defer report.deinit();
+            reporting.renderReportToTerminal(&report, stderr, ColorPalette.ANSI, reporting.ReportingConfig.initColorTerminal()) catch continue;
+        }
+        for (app_parse_ast.parse_diagnostics.items) |diagnostic| {
+            error_count += 1;
+            var report = app_parse_ast.parseDiagnosticToReport(&app_env.common, diagnostic, allocs.gpa, roc_file_path) catch continue;
+            defer report.deinit();
+            reporting.renderReportToTerminal(&report, stderr, ColorPalette.ANSI, reporting.ReportingConfig.initColorTerminal()) catch continue;
+        }
+        // If errors are not allowed then we should not move past parsing. return early and let caller handle error/exit
+        if (!allow_errors) {
+            return SharedMemoryResult{
+                .handle = SharedMemoryHandle{
+                    .fd = shm.handle,
+                    .ptr = shm.base_ptr,
+                    .size = shm.getUsedSize(),
+                },
+                .error_count = error_count,
+            };
+        }
+    }
 
+    app_parse_ast.store.emptyScratch();
     try app_env.initCIRFields(app_module_name);
 
     var app_module_envs_map = std.AutoHashMap(base.Ident.Idx, Can.AutoImportedType).init(allocs.gpa);
@@ -1845,7 +1874,7 @@ pub fn setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(allocs: *Allocators, roc_file_path: []cons
     // Render all type problems (errors and warnings) exactly as roc check would
     // Count errors so the caller can decide whether to proceed with execution
     // Skip rendering in test mode to avoid polluting test output
-    const error_count = if (!builtin.is_test)
+    error_count += if (!builtin.is_test)
         renderTypeProblems(allocs.gpa, &app_checker, &app_env, roc_file_path)
     else
         0;
diff --git a/src/cli/test/fx_platform_test.zig b/src/cli/test/fx_platform_test.zig
index abcad2dab1c..c985c9131c2 100644
--- a/src/cli/test/fx_platform_test.zig
+++ b/src/cli/test/fx_platform_test.zig
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ test "fx platform issue8433" {
     }
 }
 
-test "run aborts on errors by default" {
+test "run aborts on type errors by default" {
     // Tests that roc run aborts when there are type errors (without --allow-errors)
     const allocator = testing.allocator;
 
@@ -1039,7 +1039,28 @@ test "run aborts on errors by default" {
     try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, run_result.stderr, "UNDEFINED VARIABLE") != null);
 }
 
-test "run with --allow-errors attempts execution despite errors" {
+test "run aborts on parse errors by default" {
+    // Tests that roc run aborts when there are parse errors (without --allow-errors)
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const run_result = try std.process.Child.run(.{
+        .allocator = allocator,
+        .argv = &[_][]const u8{
+            "./zig-out/bin/roc",
+            "test/fx/parse_error.roc",
+        },
+    });
+    defer allocator.free(run_result.stdout);
+    defer allocator.free(run_result.stderr);
+
+    // Should fail with type errors
+    try checkFailure(run_result);
+
+    // Should show the errors
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, run_result.stderr, "PARSE ERROR") != null);
+}
+
+test "run with --allow-errors attempts execution despite type errors" {
     // Tests that roc run --allow-errors attempts to execute even with type errors
     const allocator = testing.allocator;
 
diff --git a/src/cli/test_shared_memory_system.zig b/src/cli/test_shared_memory_system.zig
index acdb478fa81..ba17b61c159 100644
--- a/src/cli/test_shared_memory_system.zig
+++ b/src/cli/test_shared_memory_system.zig
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test "integration - shared memory setup and parsing" {
     const roc_path = "test/int/app.roc";
 
     // Test that we can set up shared memory with ModuleEnv
-    const shm_result = try main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path);
+    const shm_result = try main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path, true);
     const shm_handle = shm_result.handle;
 
     // Clean up shared memory resources
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ test "integration - compilation pipeline for different platforms" {
 
     for (test_apps) |roc_path| {
         // Test the full compilation pipeline (parse -> canonicalize -> typecheck)
-        const shm_result = main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path) catch |err| {
+        const shm_result = main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path, true) catch |err| {
             std.log.warn("Failed to set up shared memory for {s}: {}\n", .{ roc_path, err });
             continue;
         };
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ test "integration - error handling for non-existent file" {
     const roc_path = "test/nonexistent/app.roc";
 
     // This should fail because the file doesn't exist
-    const result = main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path);
+    const result = main.setupSharedMemoryWithModuleEnv(&allocs, roc_path, true);
 
     // We expect this to fail - the important thing is that it doesn't crash
     if (result) |shm_result| {
diff --git a/test/fx/parse_error.roc b/test/fx/parse_error.roc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..948495a2d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fx/parse_error.roc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+app [main!] {
+    pf: platform "./platform/main.roc",
+}
+import pf.Stdout
+main! = |_args| {
+    Stdout.line!("Hello world")
+    Ok({})
+}}