diff --git a/generate/parse.go b/generate/parse.go
index 4afe284..09a6774 100644
--- a/generate/parse.go
+++ b/generate/parse.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func getQueriesFromGo(text string, basedir, filename string) ([]*ast.QueryDocume
 		}
 
 		var value string
-		value, err := strconv.Unquote(basicLit.Value)
+		value, err = strconv.Unquote(basicLit.Value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/generate/parse_test.go b/generate/parse_test.go
index 62387d3..eb040bd 100644
--- a/generate/parse_test.go
+++ b/generate/parse_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2/ast"
 )
 
-var parseDataDir = "testdata/parsing"
+var (
+	parseDataDir   = "testdata/parsing"
+	parseErrorsDir = "testdata/parsing-errors"
+)
 
 func sortQueries(queryDoc *ast.QueryDocument) {
 	sort.Slice(queryDoc.Operations, func(i, j int) bool {
@@ -61,3 +64,21 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestParseErrors tests that query-extraction from different language source files
+// produces appropriate errors if your query is invalid.
+func TestParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	extensions := []string{"graphql", "go"}
+
+	for _, ext := range extensions {
+		t.Run(ext, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g, err := getQueries(
+				parseErrorsDir,
+				[]string{filepath.Join(parseErrorsDir, "*."+ext)})
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected error from getQueries(*.%v)", ext)
+				t.Logf("%#v", g)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.go b/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b42e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package parsing_errors
+
+var _ = `# @genqlient
+	query myBadQuery(varMissingDollar: String) {
+	  field(arg: $varMissingDollar)
+	}
+`
diff --git a/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.graphql b/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f3df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate/testdata/parsing-errors/fragments.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+query myBadQuery(varMissingDollar: String) {
+  field(arg: $varMissingDollar)
+}