diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 01549efa..040e9b2d 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   * Minor Enhancements
     * Use OptionParser's [no-] functionality for better boolean parsing.
     * Add Drupal migrator (#245)
+    * Complain about YAML and Liquid errors (#249)
 
 == 0.8.0 / 2010-11-22
   * Minor Enhancements
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
index b76157ec..3c2b93e1 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ module Jekyll
       if self.content =~ /^(---\s*\n.*?\n?)^(---\s*$\n?)/m
         self.content = self.content[($1.size + $2.size)..-1]
 
-        self.data = YAML.load($1)
+        begin
+          self.data = YAML.load($1)
+        rescue => e
+          puts "YAML Exception: #{e.message}"
+        end
       end
 
       self.data ||= {}
@@ -63,7 +67,13 @@ module Jekyll
       # render and transform content (this becomes the final content of the object)
       payload["pygments_prefix"] = converter.pygments_prefix
       payload["pygments_suffix"] = converter.pygments_suffix
-      self.content = Liquid::Template.parse(self.content).render(payload, info)
+      
+      begin
+        self.content = Liquid::Template.parse(self.content).render(payload, info)
+      rescue => e
+        puts "Liquid Exception: #{e.message} in #{self.data["layout"]}"
+      end
+      
       self.transform
 
       # output keeps track of what will finally be written
@@ -73,7 +83,12 @@ module Jekyll
       layout = layouts[self.data["layout"]]
       while layout
         payload = payload.deep_merge({"content" => self.output, "page" => layout.data})
-        self.output = Liquid::Template.parse(layout.content).render(payload, info)
+
+        begin
+          self.output = Liquid::Template.parse(layout.content).render(payload, info)
+        rescue => e
+          puts "Liquid Exception: #{e.message} in #{self.data["layout"]}"
+        end
 
         layout = layouts[layout.data["layout"]]
       end