diff --git a/janis_core/ingestion/fromwdl.py b/janis_core/ingestion/fromwdl.py
index 80c466497..db4d736a5 100755
--- a/janis_core/ingestion/fromwdl.py
+++ b/janis_core/ingestion/fromwdl.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 from types import LambdaType
+
 from typing import List, Union, Optional, Callable
 import WDL
 
@@ -447,6 +448,16 @@ def parse_command_tool_output(self, outp: WDL.Decl):
 
     toolname = sys.argv[1]
 
-    tool = WdlParser.from_doc(toolname)
-
-    tool.translate("janis")
+    try:
+        tool = WdlParser.from_doc(toolname)
+        tool.translate("janis")
+
+    except WDL.Error.MultipleValidationErrors as err:
+        for exc in err.exceptions:
+            print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(exc.pos, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(exc.node, file=sys.stderr)
+    except WDL.Error.ValidationError as exc:
+        print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
+        print(exc.pos, file=sys.stderr)
+        print(exc.node, file=sys.stderr)