diff --git a/lib/puppet-languageserver/document_validator.rb b/lib/puppet-languageserver/document_validator.rb
index 928c7a07..2ed025e0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet-languageserver/document_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet-languageserver/document_validator.rb
@@ -88,18 +88,20 @@ def self.validate(content, workspace, _max_problems = 100)
           validation_environment.check_for_reparse
           validation_environment.known_resource_types.clear
         rescue StandardError => detail
-          # Somtimes the error is in the cause not the root object itself
-          detail = detail.cause if !detail.respond_to?(:line) && detail.respond_to?(:cause) && detail.cause.respond_to?(:line)
-
+          # Sometimes the error is in the cause not the root object itself
+          detail = detail.cause if !detail.respond_to?(:line) && detail.respond_to?(:cause)
+          ex_line = detail.respond_to?(:line) && !detail.line.nil? ? detail.line - 1 : nil # Line numbers from puppet exceptions are base 1
+          ex_pos = detail.respond_to?(:pos) && !detail.pos.nil? ? detail.pos : nil # Pos numbers from puppet are base 1
+          
           message = detail.respond_to?(:message) ? detail.message : nil
           message = detail.basic_message if message.nil? && detail.respond_to?(:basic_message)
 
-          unless detail.line.nil? || detail.pos.nil? || message.nil?
+          unless ex_line.nil? || ex_pos.nil? || message.nil?
             result << LanguageServer::Diagnostic.create('severity' => LanguageServer::DIAGNOSTICSEVERITY_ERROR,
-                                                        'fromline' => detail.line - 1,  # Line numbers from puppet are base 1
-                                                        'toline' => detail.line - 1,    # Line numbers from puppet are base 1
-                                                        'fromchar' => detail.pos - 1,   # Pos numbers from puppet are base 1
-                                                        'tochar' => detail.pos + 1 - 1, # Pos numbers from puppet are base 1
+                                                        'fromline' => ex_line,
+                                                        'toline' => ex_line,
+                                                        'fromchar' => ex_pos,
+                                                        'tochar' => ex_pos + 1,
                                                         'source' => 'Puppet',
                                                         'message' => message)
           end