diff --git a/dist/cli/error.js b/dist/cli/error.js
index 73964e3..431c051 100644
--- a/dist/cli/error.js
+++ b/dist/cli/error.js
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
       case HMSTATUS.optionsFileNotFound:
         msg = M2C(this.msgs.optionsFileNotFound.msg);
         etype = 'error';
+        break;
+      case HMSTATUS.unknownSchema:
+        msg = M2C(this.msgs.unknownSchema.msg[0]);
+        etype = 'error';
     }
     return {
       msg: msg,
diff --git a/dist/cli/main.js b/dist/cli/main.js
index bc388ce..391f2a2 100644
--- a/dist/cli/main.js
+++ b/dist/cli/main.js
@@ -257,9 +257,16 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
 
   executeFail = function(err) {
     var finalErrorCode, msgs;
+    console.dir(err);
     finalErrorCode = -1;
     if (err) {
-      finalErrorCode = err.fluenterror ? err.fluenterror : err;
+      if (err.fluenterror) {
+        finalErrorCode = err.fluenterror;
+      } else if (err.length) {
+        finalErrorCode = err[0].fluenterror;
+      } else {
+        finalErrorCode = err;
+      }
     }
     if (_opts.debug) {
       msgs = require('./msg').errors;
diff --git a/dist/cli/msg.yml b/dist/cli/msg.yml
index 015ba90..b2d9ca2 100644
--- a/dist/cli/msg.yml
+++ b/dist/cli/msg.yml
@@ -115,3 +115,20 @@ errors:
       - "\nMake sure the options file contains valid JSON."
   optionsFileNotFound:
     msg: "The specified options file is missing or inaccessible."
+  unknownSchema:
+    msg:
+      - "Unknown resume schema. Did you specify a valid FRESH or JRS resume?"
+      - |
+          At a minimum, a FRESH resume must include a "name" field and a "meta"
+          property.
+
+          "name": "John Doe",
+          "meta": {
+            "format": "FRESH@0.1.0"
+          }
+
+          JRS-format resumes must include a "basics" section with a "name":
+
+          "basics": {
+            "name": "John Doe"
+          }
diff --git a/dist/cli/out.js b/dist/cli/out.js
index 43b7843..8dbc757 100644
--- a/dist/cli/out.js
+++ b/dist/cli/out.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Output routines for HackMyResume.
           output = template(info);
           return this.log(chalk.cyan(output));
         case HME.beforeConvert:
-          return L(M2C(this.msgs.beforeConvert.msg, 'green'), evt.srcFile, evt.srcFmt, evt.dstFile, evt.dstFmt);
+          return L(M2C(this.msgs.beforeConvert.msg, evt.error ? 'red' : 'green'), evt.srcFile, evt.srcFmt, evt.dstFile, evt.dstFmt);
         case HME.afterInlineConvert:
           return L(M2C(this.msgs.afterInlineConvert.msg, 'gray', 'white.dim'), evt.file, evt.fmt);
         case HME.afterValidate:
diff --git a/dist/core/resume-factory.js b/dist/core/resume-factory.js
index 93430e8..ca11c95 100644
--- a/dist/core/resume-factory.js
+++ b/dist/core/resume-factory.js
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
  */
 
 (function() {
-  var FS, HACKMYSTATUS, HME, ResumeConverter, ResumeFactory, SyntaxErrorEx, _, _parse, chalk;
+  var FS, HME, HMS, ResumeConverter, ResumeFactory, SyntaxErrorEx, _, _parse, chalk, resumeDetect;
 
   FS = require('fs');
 
-  HACKMYSTATUS = require('./status-codes');
+  HMS = require('./status-codes');
 
   HME = require('./event-codes');
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
 
   _ = require('underscore');
 
+  resumeDetect = require('../utils/resume-detector');
+
   require('string.prototype.startswith');
 
 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
 
     /** Load a single resume from disk. */
     loadOne: function(src, opts, emitter) {
-      var ResumeClass, info, isFRESH, json, objectify, orgFormat, rez, toFormat;
+      var ResumeClass, info, json, objectify, orgFormat, reqLib, rez, toFormat;
       toFormat = opts.format;
       objectify = opts.objectify;
       toFormat && (toFormat = toFormat.toLowerCase().trim());
@@ -63,14 +65,18 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
         return info;
       }
       json = info.json;
-      isFRESH = json.meta && json.meta.format && json.meta.format.startsWith('FRESH@');
-      orgFormat = isFRESH ? 'fresh' : 'jrs';
+      orgFormat = resumeDetect(json);
+      if (orgFormat === 'unk') {
+        info.fluenterror = HMS.unknownSchema;
+        return info;
+      }
       if (toFormat && (orgFormat !== toFormat)) {
         json = ResumeConverter['to' + toFormat.toUpperCase()](json);
       }
       rez = null;
       if (objectify) {
-        ResumeClass = require('../core/' + (toFormat || orgFormat) + '-resume');
+        reqLib = '../core/' + (toFormat || orgFormat) + '-resume';
+        ResumeClass = require(reqLib);
         rez = new ResumeClass().parseJSON(json, opts.inner);
         rez.i().file = src;
       }
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
       return ret;
     } catch (_error) {
       return {
-        fluenterror: rawData ? HACKMYSTATUS.parseError : HACKMYSTATUS.readError,
+        fluenterror: rawData ? HMS.parseError : HMS.readError,
         inner: _error,
         raw: rawData,
         file: fileName
diff --git a/dist/core/status-codes.js b/dist/core/status-codes.js
index ec2ff1e..4cd2be7 100644
--- a/dist/core/status-codes.js
+++ b/dist/core/status-codes.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Status codes for HackMyResume.
     createError: 25,
     validateError: 26,
     invalidOptionsFile: 27,
-    optionsFileNotFound: 28
+    optionsFileNotFound: 28,
+    unknownSchema: 29
   };
 
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/dist/renderers/handlebars-generator.js b/dist/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
index 2848b2d..8955215 100644
--- a/dist/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
+++ b/dist/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
@@ -34,13 +34,12 @@ Definition of the HandlebarsGenerator class.
 
   HandlebarsGenerator = module.exports = {
     generateSimple: function(data, tpl) {
-      var noesc, template;
+      var template;
       try {
-        noesc = data.opts.noescape || false;
         template = HANDLEBARS.compile(tpl, {
           strict: false,
           assumeObjects: false,
-          noEscape: noesc
+          noEscape: data.opts.noescape || false
         });
         return template(data);
       } catch (_error) {
diff --git a/dist/utils/resume-detector.js b/dist/utils/resume-detector.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1adcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/utils/resume-detector.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+/**
+Definition of the ResumeDetector class.
+@module utils/resume-detector
+@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
+ */
+
+(function() {
+  module.exports = function(rez) {
+    if (rez.meta && rez.meta.format) {
+      return 'fresh';
+    } else if (rez.basics) {
+      return 'jrs';
+    } else {
+      return 'unk';
+    }
+  };
+
+}).call(this);
+
+//# sourceMappingURL=resume-detector.js.map
diff --git a/dist/verbs/convert.js b/dist/verbs/convert.js
index ade42f8..cedd0a3 100644
--- a/dist/verbs/convert.js
+++ b/dist/verbs/convert.js
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
         quit: true
       });
     }
+    if (this.hasError()) {
+      this.reject(this.errorCode);
+      return null;
+    }
     results = _.map(srcs, function(src, idx) {
       var r;
-      if (opts.assert && this.hasError()) {
-        return {};
-      }
       r = _convertOne.call(this, src, dst, idx);
       if (r.fluenterror) {
         r.quit = opts.assert;
@@ -89,16 +90,31 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
   /** Private workhorse method. Convert a single resume. */
 
   _convertOne = function(src, dst, idx) {
-    var rinfo, s, srcFmt, targetFormat;
+    var rez, rinfo, srcFmt, targetFormat;
     rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne(src, {
       format: null,
       objectify: true
     });
     if (rinfo.fluenterror) {
+      this.stat(HMEVENT.beforeConvert, {
+        srcFile: src,
+        srcFmt: '???',
+        dstFile: dst[idx],
+        dstFmt: '???',
+        error: true
+      });
+      return rinfo;
+    }
+    rez = rinfo.rez;
+    srcFmt = '';
+    if (rez.meta && rez.meta.format) {
+      srcFmt = 'FRESH';
+    } else if (rez.basics) {
+      srcFmt = 'JRS';
+    } else {
+      rinfo.fluenterror = HMSTATUS.unknownSchema;
       return rinfo;
     }
-    s = rinfo.rez;
-    srcFmt = ((s.basics && s.basics.imp) || s.imp).orgFormat === 'JRS' ? 'JRS' : 'FRESH';
     targetFormat = srcFmt === 'JRS' ? 'FRESH' : 'JRS';
     this.stat(HMEVENT.beforeConvert, {
       srcFile: rinfo.file,
@@ -106,8 +122,8 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
       dstFile: dst[idx],
       dstFmt: targetFormat
     });
-    s.saveAs(dst[idx], targetFormat);
-    return s;
+    rez.saveAs(dst[idx], targetFormat);
+    return rez;
   };
 
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/src/cli/error.coffee b/src/cli/error.coffee
index 5398e68..d130616 100644
--- a/src/cli/error.coffee
+++ b/src/cli/error.coffee
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ assembleError = ( ex ) ->
       msg = M2C( @msgs.optionsFileNotFound.msg )
       etype = 'error'
 
+    when HMSTATUS.unknownSchema
+      msg = M2C( @msgs.unknownSchema.msg[0] )
+      #msg += "\n" + M2C( @msgs.unknownSchema.msg[1], 'yellow' )
+      etype = 'error'
+
   msg: msg              # The error message to display
   withStack: withStack  # Whether to include the stack
   quit: quit
diff --git a/src/cli/main.coffee b/src/cli/main.coffee
index ad61b38..dbbf1f0 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.coffee
+++ b/src/cli/main.coffee
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ execute = ( src, dst, opts, log ) ->
   v = new HMR.verbs[ @name() ]()
 
   # Initialize command-specific options
-  loadOptions.call( this, opts, this.parent.jsonArgs )
+  loadOptions.call this, opts, this.parent.jsonArgs
 
   # Set up error/output handling
   _opts.errHandler = v
@@ -288,9 +288,15 @@ executeSuccess = (obj) ->
 
 ### Failure handler for verb invocations. Calls process.exit by default ###
 executeFail = (err) ->
+  console.dir err
   finalErrorCode = -1
   if err
-    finalErrorCode = if err.fluenterror then err.fluenterror else err
+    if err.fluenterror
+      finalErrorCode = err.fluenterror
+    else if err.length
+      finalErrorCode = err[0].fluenterror
+    else
+      finalErrorCode = err
   if _opts.debug
     msgs = require('./msg').errors;
     logMsg printf M2C( msgs.exiting.msg, 'cyan' ), finalErrorCode
diff --git a/src/cli/msg.yml b/src/cli/msg.yml
index 015ba90..b2d9ca2 100644
--- a/src/cli/msg.yml
+++ b/src/cli/msg.yml
@@ -115,3 +115,20 @@ errors:
       - "\nMake sure the options file contains valid JSON."
   optionsFileNotFound:
     msg: "The specified options file is missing or inaccessible."
+  unknownSchema:
+    msg:
+      - "Unknown resume schema. Did you specify a valid FRESH or JRS resume?"
+      - |
+          At a minimum, a FRESH resume must include a "name" field and a "meta"
+          property.
+
+          "name": "John Doe",
+          "meta": {
+            "format": "FRESH@0.1.0"
+          }
+
+          JRS-format resumes must include a "basics" section with a "name":
+
+          "basics": {
+            "name": "John Doe"
+          }
diff --git a/src/cli/out.coffee b/src/cli/out.coffee
index 3d997cc..9c18e1f 100644
--- a/src/cli/out.coffee
+++ b/src/cli/out.coffee
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ module.exports = class OutputHandler
         @log( chalk.cyan(output) )
 
       when HME.beforeConvert
-        L( M2C( this.msgs.beforeConvert.msg, 'green' ),
+        L( M2C( this.msgs.beforeConvert.msg, if evt.error then 'red' else 'green' ),
           evt.srcFile, evt.srcFmt, evt.dstFile, evt.dstFmt
         );
 
diff --git a/src/core/resume-factory.coffee b/src/core/resume-factory.coffee
index f336b81..328c74a 100644
--- a/src/core/resume-factory.coffee
+++ b/src/core/resume-factory.coffee
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
 
 
 
-FS              = require('fs')
-HACKMYSTATUS    = require('./status-codes')
-HME             = require('./event-codes')
-ResumeConverter = require('fresh-jrs-converter')
-chalk           = require('chalk')
-SyntaxErrorEx   = require('../utils/syntax-error-ex')
-_               = require('underscore')
-require('string.prototype.startswith')
+FS              = require 'fs'
+HMS    = require './status-codes'
+HME             = require './event-codes'
+ResumeConverter = require 'fresh-jrs-converter'
+chalk           = require 'chalk'
+SyntaxErrorEx   = require '../utils/syntax-error-ex'
+_               = require 'underscore'
+resumeDetect    = require '../utils/resume-detector'
+require 'string.prototype.startswith'
 
 
 
@@ -62,20 +63,23 @@ ResumeFactory = module.exports =
 
     # Determine the resume format: FRESH or JRS
     json = info.json
-    isFRESH = json.meta && json.meta.format && json.meta.format.startsWith('FRESH@');
-    orgFormat = if isFRESH then 'fresh' else 'jrs'
+    orgFormat = resumeDetect json
+    if orgFormat == 'unk'
+      info.fluenterror = HMS.unknownSchema
+      return info
 
     # Convert between formats if necessary
     if toFormat and ( orgFormat != toFormat )
-      json = ResumeConverter[ 'to' + toFormat.toUpperCase() ]( json )
+      json = ResumeConverter[ 'to' + toFormat.toUpperCase() ] json
 
     # Objectify the resume, that is, convert it from JSON to a FRESHResume
     # or JRSResume object.
     rez = null
     if objectify
-      ResumeClass = require('../core/' + (toFormat || orgFormat) + '-resume');
-      rez = new ResumeClass().parseJSON( json, opts.inner );
-      rez.i().file = src;
+      reqLib = '../core/' + (toFormat || orgFormat) + '-resume'
+      ResumeClass = require reqLib
+      rez = new ResumeClass().parseJSON( json, opts.inner )
+      rez.i().file = src
 
     file: src
     json: info.json
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ _parse = ( fileName, opts, eve ) ->
     return ret
   catch
     # Can be ENOENT, EACCES, SyntaxError, etc.
-    fluenterror: if rawData then HACKMYSTATUS.parseError else HACKMYSTATUS.readError
+    fluenterror: if rawData then HMS.parseError else HMS.readError
     inner: _error
     raw: rawData
     file: fileName
diff --git a/src/core/status-codes.coffee b/src/core/status-codes.coffee
index d19c344..992d90b 100644
--- a/src/core/status-codes.coffee
+++ b/src/core/status-codes.coffee
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ module.exports =
   validateError: 26
   invalidOptionsFile: 27
   optionsFileNotFound: 28
+  unknownSchema: 29
diff --git a/src/utils/resume-detector.coffee b/src/utils/resume-detector.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2cf0f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/resume-detector.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+###*
+Definition of the ResumeDetector class.
+@module utils/resume-detector
+@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
+###
+
+module.exports = ( rez ) ->
+  if rez.meta && rez.meta.format #&& rez.meta.format.substr(0, 5).toUpperCase() == 'FRESH'
+    'fresh'
+  else if rez.basics
+    'jrs'
+  else
+    'unk'
diff --git a/src/verbs/convert.coffee b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
index a88a8d7..9fdebc1 100644
--- a/src/verbs/convert.coffee
+++ b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ formats. ###
 
 _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
 
-  # Housekeeping...
+  # If no source resumes are specified, error out
   if !srcs || !srcs.length
     @err HMSTATUS.resumeNotFound, { quit: true }
     return null
+
+  # If no destination resumes are specified, error out except for the special
+  # case of two resumes:
+  #   hackmyresume CONVERT r1.json r2.json
   if !dst || !dst.length
     if srcs.length == 1
       @err HMSTATUS.inputOutputParity, { quit: true }
@@ -37,19 +41,30 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
       dst = dst || []; dst.push( srcs.pop() )
     else
       @err HMSTATUS.inputOutputParity, { quit: true }
+
+  # Different number of source and dest resumes? Error out.
   if srcs && dst && srcs.length && dst.length && srcs.length != dst.length
     @err HMSTATUS.inputOutputParity, { quit: true }
 
-  # Load source resumes
+  # If any errors have occurred this early, we're done.
+  if @hasError()
+    @reject @errorCode
+    return null
+
+  # Map each source resume to the converted destination resume
   results = _.map srcs, ( src, idx ) ->
-    return { } if opts.assert and @hasError()
+
+    # Convert each resume in turn
     r = _convertOne.call @, src, dst, idx
+
+    # Handle conversion errors
     if r.fluenterror
       r.quit = opts.assert
       @err r.fluenterror, r
     r
   , @
 
+
   if @hasError() and !opts.assert
     @reject results
   else if !@hasError()
@@ -60,17 +75,31 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
 
 ###* Private workhorse method. Convert a single resume. ###
 _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
+
   # Load the resume
   rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne src, format: null, objectify: true
 
   # If a load error occurs, report it and move on to the next file (if any)
   if rinfo.fluenterror
+    @stat HMEVENT.beforeConvert,
+      srcFile: src #rinfo.file
+      srcFmt: '???'
+      dstFile: dst[idx]
+      dstFmt: '???'
+      error: true
+    #@err rinfo.fluenterror, rinfo
+    return rinfo
+
+  rez = rinfo.rez
+  srcFmt = ''
+  if rez.meta && rez.meta.format #&& rez.meta.format.substr(0, 5).toUpperCase() == 'FRESH'
+    srcFmt = 'FRESH'
+  else if rez.basics
+    srcFmt = 'JRS'
+  else
+    rinfo.fluenterror = HMSTATUS.unknownSchema
     return rinfo
 
-  s = rinfo.rez
-  srcFmt =
-    if ((s.basics && s.basics.imp) || s.imp).orgFormat == 'JRS'
-    then 'JRS' else 'FRESH'
   targetFormat = if srcFmt == 'JRS' then 'FRESH' else 'JRS'
 
   this.stat HMEVENT.beforeConvert,
@@ -80,5 +109,5 @@ _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
     dstFmt: targetFormat
 
   # Save it to the destination format
-  s.saveAs dst[idx], targetFormat
-  s
+  rez.saveAs dst[idx], targetFormat
+  rez
diff --git a/src/verbs/verb.coffee b/src/verbs/verb.coffee
index 436bee4..1f7b233 100644
--- a/src/verbs/verb.coffee
+++ b/src/verbs/verb.coffee
@@ -32,12 +32,20 @@ module.exports = class Verb
 
   ###* Invoke the command. ###
   invoke: ->
+
+    # Sent the 'begin' notification for this verb
     @stat HMEVENT.begin, cmd: @moniker
+
+    # Prepare command arguments
     argsArray = Array::slice.call arguments
+
+    # Create a promise for this verb instance
     that = @
     @promise = new Promise (res, rej) ->
-      that.resolve = res; that.reject = rej
-      that.workhorse.apply that, argsArray; return
+      that.resolve = res
+      that.reject = rej
+      that.workhorse.apply that, argsArray
+      return
 
 
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/test-hmr.txt b/test/scripts/test-hmr.txt
index fb88bef..f14d46a 100644
--- a/test/scripts/test-hmr.txt
+++ b/test/scripts/test-hmr.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 0|analyze node_modules/fresh-test-resumes/src/fresh/johnny-trouble.json
 3|convert
 7|convert doesnt-exist.json
+14|convert from.json to.json
+7|convert z1.json z2.json z3.json
+7|convert z1.json z2.json z3.json z4.json
+14|convert z1.json z2.json to z3.json z4.json
 3|validate
 14|validate doesnt-exist.json
 0|validate node_modules/fresh-test-resumes/src/fresh/jane-fullstacker.json