diff --git a/packages/core/src/statements/unpack.js b/packages/core/src/statements/unpack.js
index 6f561b0a..b4769aa0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/statements/unpack.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/statements/unpack.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import debug from 'debug';
+
 const eol = '\n';
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +30,13 @@ export default function unpack(data, feed) {
     }
     this.remainder = lines.pop();
     lines.filter(Boolean).forEach((line) => {
-        feed.write(JSON.parse(line));
+        try {
+            const lineParsed = JSON.parse(line);
+            return feed.write(lineParsed);
+        } catch(e) {
+            debug('ezs')(`[unpack] Syntax error at #${this.getIndex()+1} with <line>${line}</line>`);
+            return feed.stop(e);
+        }
     });
     return feed.end();
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/statements.js b/packages/core/test/statements.js
index 94b743da..7cfa8b07 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/statements.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/statements.js
@@ -340,6 +340,25 @@ describe('statements', () => {
                 done();
             });
     });
+    it('unpack#4', (done) => {
+        const input = [
+            '"aaa"\nbbb"\n"ccc"\n',
+            '"ddd"\n"eee"\n"fff"',
+        ];
+        from(input)
+            .pipe(ezs('unpack'))
+            .pipe(ezs.catch())
+            .on('error', (e) => {
+                expect(e.message).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('SyntaxError'));
+                done();
+            })
+            .on('data', (item) => {
+                assert.equal(item, 'aaa');
+            })
+            .on('end', () => {
+                done(new Error('Error is the right behavior'));
+            });
+    });
     it('truncate#1', (done) => {
         const res = [];
         from(['aa', 'bb', 'cc', 'dd', 'ee'])