diff --git a/src/cli/error.js b/src/cli/error.js
index 80c2fd9..7492e06 100644
--- a/src/cli/error.js
+++ b/src/cli/error.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
         }
 
         // Quit if necessary
-        if( objError.quit ) {
+        if( ex.quit || objError.quit ) {
           this.debug && o(
             chalk.cyan('Exiting with error code ' + ex.fluenterror.toString()));
           if( this.assert ) { ex.pass = true; throw ex; }
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
     },
 
     formatError: function( msg ) {
+      msg = msg || '';
       return chalk.red.bold(
         msg.toUpperCase().startsWith('ERROR:') ? msg : 'Error: ' + msg );
     },
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
 
   function assembleError( ex ) {
 
-    var msg = '', withStack = false, isError = false, quit = true, warn = true;
+    var msg = '', withStack = false, isError = false, quit = false, warn = true;
     if( this.debug ) withStack = true;
 
     switch( ex.fluenterror ) {
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
         break;
 
       case HMSTATUS.readError:
-        console.error( printf( M2C(this.msgs.readError.msg, 'red'), ex.file ) );
+        if( !ex.quiet ) console.error( printf( M2C(this.msgs.readError.msg, 'red'), ex.file ) );
         msg = ex.inner.toString();
         warn = false;
         break;
@@ -202,10 +203,15 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
 
       case HMSTATUS.parseError:
         if( SyntaxErrorEx.is( ex.inner )) {
+          console.error( printf( M2C(this.msgs.readError.msg, 'red'), ex.file ) );
           var se = new SyntaxErrorEx( ex, ex.raw );
           msg = printf( M2C( this.msgs.parseError.msg, 'red' ),
             se.line, se.col);
         }
+        else if( ex.inner && ex.inner.line !== undefined && ex.inner.col !== undefined ) {
+          msg = printf( M2C( this.msgs.parseError.msg, 'red' ),
+            ex.inner.line, ex.inner.col);
+        }
         else {
           msg = ex;
         }
diff --git a/src/cli/out.js b/src/cli/out.js
index 1014595..20913e3 100644
--- a/src/cli/out.js
+++ b/src/cli/out.js
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ Output routines for HackMyResume.
 
         case HME.beforePeek:
           if( evt.target )
-            L(M2C(this.msgs.beforePeek.msg[0], 'cyan'), evt.target, evt.file);
+            L(M2C(this.msgs.beforePeek.msg[0], evt.isError ? 'red' : 'green'), evt.target, evt.file);
           else
-            L(M2C(this.msgs.beforePeek.msg[1], 'cyan'), evt.file);
+            L(M2C(this.msgs.beforePeek.msg[1], evt.isError ? 'red' : 'green'), evt.file);
           break;
 
         case HME.afterPeek:
diff --git a/src/core/resume-factory.js b/src/core/resume-factory.js
index fd77341..2fbe8a6 100644
--- a/src/core/resume-factory.js
+++ b/src/core/resume-factory.js
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Definition of the ResumeFactory class.
         fluenterror: rawData ? HACKMYSTATUS.parseError : HACKMYSTATUS.readError,
         inner: e, raw: rawData, file: fileName, shouldExit: false
       };
+      opts.quit && (ex.quit = true);
       eve && eve.err( ex.fluenterror, ex );
       if( opts.throw ) throw ex;
       return ex;
diff --git a/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js b/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
index e393186..ab96048 100644
--- a/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
+++ b/src/utils/safe-json-loader.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Definition of the SafeJsonLoader class.
 
 
   var FS = require('fs')
-    , HMSTATUS = require('../core/status-codes')
     , SyntaxErrorEx = require('./syntax-error-ex');
 
 
@@ -29,15 +28,13 @@ Definition of the SafeJsonLoader class.
 
       // If we get here, either FS.readFileSync or JSON.parse failed.
       // We'll return HMSTATUS.readError or HMSTATUS.parseError.
-      ret.ex = ( ret.raw && ret.raw.trim() ) ?
-        { // JSON.parse failed, likely because of a SyntaxError
-          fluenterror: HMSTATUS.parseError,
-          inner: SyntaxErrorEx.is( ex ) ? new SyntaxErrorEx( ex ) : ex
-        } :
-        { // FS.readFileSync failed, likely because of ENOENT or EACCES
-          fluenterror: HMSTATUS.readError,
-          inner: ex
-        };
+      var retRaw = ret.raw && ret.raw.trim();
+
+      ret.ex = {
+        operation: retRaw ? 'parse' : 'read',
+        inner: SyntaxErrorEx.is( ex ) ? (new SyntaxErrorEx( ex, retRaw )) : ex,
+        file: file
+      };
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/verbs/peek.js b/src/verbs/peek.js
index 6254525..27b6e04 100644
--- a/src/verbs/peek.js
+++ b/src/verbs/peek.js
@@ -45,15 +45,24 @@ Implementation of the 'peek' verb for HackMyResume.
     var objPath = (dst && dst[0]) || '';
 
     _.each( src, function( t ) {
-      this.stat( HMEVENT.beforePeek, { file: t, target: objPath } );
 
       var obj = safeLoadJSON( t );
-      if( obj.ex ) {
-        this.err( obj.ex.fluenterror, obj.ex );
-      }
-      var targ = objPath ? __.get( obj.json, objPath ) : obj.json;
+      this.stat( HMEVENT.beforePeek, { file: t, target: objPath, isError: obj.ex } );
 
+      if( obj.ex ) {
+        if( obj.ex.operation === 'parse' )
+          this.err( HMSTATUS.parseError, obj.ex );
+        else {
+          obj.ex.quiet = true;
+          this.err( HMSTATUS.readError, obj.ex );
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var targ = objPath ? __.get( obj.json, objPath ) : obj.json;
       this.stat( HMEVENT.afterPeek, { file: t, requested: objPath, target: targ } );
+
+
     }, this);
 
   }