diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index 4cc0aa1c..a0c87fb8 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use core::Config;
 use pathext::canonicalish;
 use project::{Project, ProjectLoadError};
 use plugin::{PluginChain};
-use plugins::{DefaultPlugin, ScriptPlugin};
+use plugins::{DefaultPlugin, JsonModelPlugin, ScriptPlugin};
 use vfs::Vfs;
 use vfs_watch::VfsWatcher;
 
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ fn main() {
             lazy_static! {
                 static ref PLUGIN_CHAIN: PluginChain = PluginChain::new(vec![
                     Box::new(ScriptPlugin::new()),
+                    Box::new(JsonModelPlugin::new()),
                     Box::new(DefaultPlugin::new()),
                 ]);
             }
diff --git a/src/plugins/json_model_plugin.rs b/src/plugins/json_model_plugin.rs
index 137560c8..c4d6eb74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/json_model_plugin.rs
+++ b/src/plugins/json_model_plugin.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ impl Plugin for JsonModelPlugin {
 
                 let mut rbx_item: RbxItem = match serde_json::from_str(contents) {
                     Ok(v) => v,
-                    Err(_) => return TransformFileResult::Pass, // This should be an error in the future
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        eprintln!("Unable to parse JSON Model File named {}", name);
+
+                        return TransformFileResult::Pass; // This should be an error in the future!
+                    },
                 };
 
                 rbx_item.properties.insert("Name".to_string(), RbxValue::String {
diff --git a/test-project/src/hello.model.json b/test-project/src/hello.model.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f3b8077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-project/src/hello.model.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "hello",
+  "className": "Model",
+  "children": [
+    {
+      "name": "Some Part",
+      "className": "Part",
+      "children": [],
+      "properties": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Some StringValue",
+      "className": "StringValue",
+      "children": [],
+      "properties": {
+        "Value": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "Hello, world!"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": {}
+}
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