diff --git a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/DesktopAgent.java b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/DesktopAgent.java
index 84db8335..d2925eb7 100644
--- a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/DesktopAgent.java
+++ b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/DesktopAgent.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.operation.OperationAgent;
 import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component;
+import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Desktop;
+
 /**
  * The desktop agent, represents a server-side ZK desktop
  * 
@@ -62,7 +64,15 @@ public interface DesktopAgent extends QueryAgent {
 	 * Gets the <code>Clients.log</code> results.
 	 *
 	 * @return Messages. An empty list if no message.
-	 * @since 2.0.1
+	 * @since 2.1.0
 	 */
 	List<String> getZkLog();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the attached {@link Desktop} instance.
+	 *
+	 * @return the attached {@link Desktop} instance.
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 */
+	Desktop getDesktop();
 }
diff --git a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/EmulatorClient.java b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/EmulatorClient.java
index 628c1189..ed3fb4c1 100644
--- a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/EmulatorClient.java
+++ b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/EmulatorClient.java
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ public DesktopAgent connect(String zulPath) {
 			flush(desktopAgent.getId());
 
 			return desktopAgent;
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new ZatsException(e.getMessage(), e);
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
 			throw new ZatsException(t.getMessage(), t);
 		} finally {
diff --git a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/au/AuUtility.java b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/au/AuUtility.java
index 5da68da3..d0af8cec 100644
--- a/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/au/AuUtility.java
+++ b/zats-mimic/src/main/java/org/zkoss/zats/mimic/impl/au/AuUtility.java
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ public static Map<String, Object> parseAuResponseFromLayout(String raw) {
 			Elements scripts = doc.getElementsByTag("script");
 			for (Element script : scripts) {
 				// fetch arguments of zkmx()
-				String text = script.html().replaceAll("[\\n\\r]", "");
+				String text = script.html();
 				// ZATS-34: layout response might have other client-side scripts
 				// using JS parser to fetch argument of zkmx()
 				if (text.contains("zkmx(")) {
-					zkmxArgs = fetchJavascriptFuntionArguments("zkmx", text);
+					zkmxArgs = fetchJavascriptFunctionArguments("zkmx", text);
 					if(zkmxArgs != null) {
 						break;	// find first
 					}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> parseAuResponseFromLayout(String raw) {
 			return map;
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new ZatsException(e.getMessage(), e);
+			throw new ZatsException("Code could not be parsed:\n" + raw, e);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> parseAuResponseFromLayout(String raw) {
 	/**
 	 * @return an json array text contained specified function's arguments, or null otherwise.
 	 */
-	public static String fetchJavascriptFuntionArguments(final String funcName, String code) {
+	public static String fetchJavascriptFunctionArguments(final String funcName, String code) {
 		if (funcName == null || code == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
diff --git a/zats-mimic/src/test/java/org/zkoss/zats/testcase/ScriptTest.java b/zats-mimic/src/test/java/org/zkoss/zats/testcase/ScriptTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94274d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zats-mimic/src/test/java/org/zkoss/zats/testcase/ScriptTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.zkoss.zats.testcase;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.ComponentAgent;
+import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.DesktopAgent;
+import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.Zats;
+import org.zkoss.zul.Listcell;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ScriptTest {
+
+	@BeforeClass
+	public static void init() {
+		Zats.init(".");
+	}
+
+	@AfterClass
+	public static void end() {
+		Zats.end();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void after() {
+		Zats.cleanup();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSyntaxError() {
+		DesktopAgent desktopAgent = Zats.newClient().connect("/~./basic/script.zul");
+		assertTrue(true);
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/zats-mimic/src/test/resources/web/basic/script.zul b/zats-mimic/src/test/resources/web/basic/script.zul
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5d6563f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zats-mimic/src/test/resources/web/basic/script.zul
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<zk xmlns="http://www.zkoss.org/2005/zul">
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        setTimeout('a()', 400);
+        setTimeout('b()', 400);
+
+        function getJSElement(zkId) {
+
+            // This is a comment
+
+            var jqId = '$' + zkId;
+            var zkEl = zk.Widget.$(jq(jqId));
+
+            return document.getElementById(zkEl.uuid);
+        }
+    </script>
+
+    <div height="100%">
+
+    </div>
+</zk>
+
+
diff --git a/zats/release-note b/zats/release-note
index b7c13ca5..e446e9c6 100644
--- a/zats/release-note
+++ b/zats/release-note
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ZATS Mimic 2.1.0
 
 * Bugs
   ZATS-69: Clients.clearBusy causes a NPE
+  ZATS-70: JS Line comments parse errors
 
 * Upgrade Notes
 	+ Jetty dependency upped to 9.4.18