diff --git a/src/cli/commands/publish.rs b/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
index eaaeed7..cdb2c4c 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
+++ b/src/cli/commands/publish.rs
@@ -48,9 +48,34 @@ pub struct PublishCommand {
     /// The index to publish to
     #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = DEFAULT_INDEX_NAME.to_string())]
     index: String,
+
+    /// Whether to skip syntax validation
+    #[arg(long)]
+    no_verify: bool,
 }
 
 impl PublishCommand {
+    fn validate_luau_file(&self, name: &str, contents: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        if self.no_verify {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        if let Err(err) = full_moon::parse(contents) {
+            eprintln!(
+                "{}: {name} is not a valid Luau file:\n{}",
+                "error".red().bold(),
+                err.into_iter()
+                    .map(|err| format!("\t- {err}"))
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join("\n")
+            );
+
+            anyhow::bail!("failed to validate Luau file");
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     async fn run_impl(
         self,
         project: &Project,
@@ -226,14 +251,7 @@ info: otherwise, the file was deemed unnecessary, if you don't understand why, p
                 .canonicalize()
                 .with_context(|| format!("failed to canonicalize {name}"))?;
 
-            if let Err(err) = full_moon::parse(&contents).map_err(|errs| {
-                errs.into_iter()
-                    .map(|err| err.to_string())
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                    .join(", ")
-            }) {
-                anyhow::bail!("{name} is not a valid Luau file: {err}");
-            }
+            self.validate_luau_file(&format!("file at {name}"), &contents)?;
 
             let first_part = relative_export_path
                 .components()
@@ -318,14 +336,7 @@ info: otherwise, the file was deemed unnecessary, if you don't understand why, p
                     .canonicalize()
                     .with_context(|| format!("failed to canonicalize script {name}"))?;
 
-                if let Err(err) = full_moon::parse(&contents).map_err(|errs| {
-                    errs.into_iter()
-                        .map(|err| err.to_string())
-                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                        .join(", ")
-                }) {
-                    anyhow::bail!("script {name} is not a valid Luau file: {err}");
-                }
+                self.validate_luau_file(&format!("the `{name}` script"), &contents)?;
 
                 if paths.insert(
                     script_path
diff --git a/src/linking/generator.rs b/src/linking/generator.rs
index d8746db..ab54162 100644
--- a/src/linking/generator.rs
+++ b/src/linking/generator.rs
@@ -41,13 +41,25 @@ impl Visitor for TypeVisitor {
     }
 }
 
-/// Get the types exported by a file
-pub fn get_file_types(file: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, Vec<full_moon::Error>> {
-    let ast = full_moon::parse(file)?;
+pub(crate) fn get_file_types(file: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    let ast = match full_moon::parse(file) {
+        Ok(ast) => ast,
+        Err(err) => {
+            tracing::error!(
+                "failed to parse file to extract types:\n{}",
+                err.into_iter()
+                    .map(|err| format!("\t- {err}"))
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join("\n")
+            );
+
+            return vec![];
+        }
+    };
     let mut visitor = TypeVisitor { types: vec![] };
     visitor.visit_ast(&ast);
 
-    Ok(visitor.types)
+    visitor.types
 }
 
 /// Generate a linking module for a library
diff --git a/src/linking/mod.rs b/src/linking/mod.rs
index 2f3bc00..7cc47cb 100644
--- a/src/linking/mod.rs
+++ b/src/linking/mod.rs
@@ -99,18 +99,9 @@ impl Project {
                             Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
                         };
 
-                        let types = match spawn_blocking(move || get_file_types(&contents))
+                        let types = spawn_blocking(move || get_file_types(&contents))
                             .await
-                            .unwrap()
-                        {
-                            Ok(types) => types,
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                return Err(errors::LinkingError::FullMoon(
-                                    lib_file.display().to_string(),
-                                    e,
-                                ))
-                            }
-                        };
+                            .unwrap();
 
                         tracing::debug!("contains {} exported types", types.len());
 
@@ -145,7 +136,7 @@ impl Project {
                     }
 
                     Ok((version_id, types))
-                }.instrument(tracing::debug_span!("extract types", name = name.to_string(), version_id = version_id.to_string()))))
+                }.instrument(tracing::info_span!("extract types", name = name.to_string(), version_id = version_id.to_string()))))
                     .await?
                     .into_iter()
                     .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>(),
@@ -384,10 +375,6 @@ pub mod errors {
         #[error("library file at {0} not found")]
         LibFileNotFound(String),
 
-        /// An error occurred while parsing a Luau script
-        #[error("error parsing Luau script at {0}")]
-        FullMoon(String, Vec<full_moon::Error>),
-
         /// An error occurred while generating a Roblox sync config
         #[error("error generating roblox sync config for {0}")]
         GenerateRobloxSyncConfig(String, #[source] std::io::Error),