diff --git a/EditorContext/EditorContext.cs b/EditorContext/EditorContext.cs
index 75783bd..7d50e7d 100644
--- a/EditorContext/EditorContext.cs
+++ b/EditorContext/EditorContext.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public abstract class EditorContext
         public bool CanFormat = false;
         public bool CanAutocomplete = false;
         public bool CanRun = false;
+        public bool CanSyntaxHighlight = false;
         public ConcurrentDictionary<Point, string> Errors = new ConcurrentDictionary<Point, string>();
         public ConcurrentDictionary<Point, string> ColumnErrors = new ConcurrentDictionary<Point, string>();
         public Dictionary<Point, Terminal.Gui.Color> pointColorDict = new Dictionary<Point, Terminal.Gui.Color>();
diff --git a/EditorContext/JSONEditorContext.cs b/EditorContext/JSONEditorContext.cs
index 85fc42a..ef0a2db 100644
--- a/EditorContext/JSONEditorContext.cs
+++ b/EditorContext/JSONEditorContext.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public JSONEditorContext(int TabWidth)
         {
             _tabWidth = TabWidth;
             CanFormat = true;
+            CanSyntaxHighlight = true;
         }
         public Terminal.Gui.Color GetColor(JsonToken token)
         {
diff --git a/EditorContext/PowerShellEditorContext.cs b/EditorContext/PowerShellEditorContext.cs
index 5b77f36..6496536 100644
--- a/EditorContext/PowerShellEditorContext.cs
+++ b/EditorContext/PowerShellEditorContext.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ public PowerShellEditorContext(int TabWidth, Runspace Runspace)
 
             CanAutocomplete = true;
             CanRun = true;
-
+            CanSyntaxHighlight = true;
+            
             // verify that psscriptanalyzer is available for formatting
             using (var powerShell = PowerShell.Create(RunspaceMode.CurrentRunspace))
             {
diff --git a/EditorTextView.cs b/EditorTextView.cs
index 23fa94b..0cfaace 100644
--- a/EditorTextView.cs
+++ b/EditorTextView.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class EditorTextView : TextView
         private EditorContext editorContext;
         public bool CanFormat = false;
         public bool CanRun = false;
+        public bool CanSyntaxHighlight = false;
         public LanguageEnum _language = LanguageEnum.Powershell;
         public EditorTextView(Runspace runspace)
         {
@@ -51,11 +52,13 @@ public void SetLanguage(LanguageEnum language)
             {
                 CanFormat = editorContext.CanFormat;
                 CanRun = editorContext.CanRun;
+                CanSyntaxHighlight = editorContext.CanSyntaxHighlight;
             }
             else 
             {
                 CanFormat = false;
                 CanRun = false;
+                CanSyntaxHighlight = false;
             }
         }
         public void Format()
diff --git a/ShowEditorCommand.cs b/ShowEditorCommand.cs
index 8bddaf2..52c318d 100644
--- a/ShowEditorCommand.cs
+++ b/ShowEditorCommand.cs
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                     }),
                     new MenuBarItem("_View", new []
                     {
-                        new MenuItem("Errors", "", () => ErrorDialog.Show(_runspace)),
-                        new MenuItem("Syntax Errors", "", () => SyntaxErrorDialog.Show(textEditor.Errors)),
+                        new MenuItem("Errors", "", () => { if (textEditor._language == LanguageEnum.Powershell) ErrorDialog.Show(_runspace); }),
+                        new MenuItem("Syntax Errors", "", () => { if (textEditor.CanSyntaxHighlight) SyntaxErrorDialog.Show(textEditor.Errors); }),
                         //new MenuItem("History", "", () => HistoryDialog.Show(_runspace))
                     }),
                     new MenuBarItem("_Debug", new []