diff --git a/scripts/ScriptUtils.ts b/scripts/ScriptUtils.ts
index 09e87cc617..651ad43515 100644
--- a/scripts/ScriptUtils.ts
+++ b/scripts/ScriptUtils.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ export default class ScriptUtils {
                     }
 
                     const parsed = JSON.parse(contents);
-                    return {parsed: parsed, path: path}
+                    return {parsed, path}
                 } catch (e) {
                     console.error("Could not parse file ", "./assets/layers/" + path, "due to ", e)
+                    throw e
                 }
             })
     }