diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 6d59b93..e89c89e 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function getTransformer(ext) {
  */
 
 function render({ filename, files, metadata, engineOptions }) {
-  return new Promise(resolve => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const [base, ...extensions] = filename.split('.');
     const file = files[filename];
 
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ function render({ filename, files, metadata, engineOptions }) {
 
       // Transform the contents
       debug(`rendering ${ext} extension for ${filename}`);
-      file.contents = transform.render(file.contents, engineOptions, locals).body;
+      try {
+        file.contents = transform.render(file.contents, engineOptions, locals).body;
+      } catch (err) {
+        err.message = `${filename}: ${err.message}`;
+        return reject(err);
+      }
     }
 
     // Store results and delete old file