diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/Controller/DocGeneratorTemplateController.php b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/Controller/DocGeneratorTemplateController.php
index c2839628f..742a6a6ad 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/Controller/DocGeneratorTemplateController.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/Controller/DocGeneratorTemplateController.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\Context\DocGeneratorContextWithPublicFormInterface;
 use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\Context\Exception\ContextNotFoundException;
 use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\Entity\DocGeneratorTemplate;
 use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\GeneratorDriver\DriverInterface;
+use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\GeneratorDriver\Exception\TemplateException;
 use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\Repository\DocGeneratorTemplateRepository;
 use Chill\DocStoreBundle\Entity\StoredObject;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Pagination\PaginatorFactory;
@@ -276,7 +277,15 @@ final class DocGeneratorTemplateController extends AbstractController
         $datas = $context->getData($template, $entity, $contextGenerationData);
         dump('datas compiled', $datas);
 
-        $generatedResource = $this->driver->generateFromResource($templateResource, $template->getFile()->getType(), $datas, $template->getFile()->getFilename());
+        try {
+            $generatedResource = $this->driver->generateFromResource($templateResource, $template->getFile()->getType(), $datas, $template->getFile()->getFilename());
+        } catch (TemplateException $e) {
+            $msg = implode("\n", $e->getErrors());
+
+            return new Response($msg, 400, [
+                'Content-Type' => 'text/plain',
+            ]);
+        }
 
         fclose($templateResource);
 
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/Exception/TemplateException.php b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/Exception/TemplateException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f71cbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/Exception/TemplateException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Chill is a software for social workers
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\GeneratorDriver\Exception;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * A exception to throw when there are syntax errors in the
+ * template file.
+ */
+class TemplateException extends RuntimeException
+{
+    private array $errors;
+
+    public function __construct(array $errors, $code = 0, ?Throwable $previous = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct('Error while generating document from template', $code, $previous);
+        $this->errors = $errors;
+    }
+
+    public function getErrors(): array
+    {
+        return $this->errors;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/RelatorioDriver.php b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/RelatorioDriver.php
index 8889e72b1..7a3e4ac69 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/RelatorioDriver.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillDocGeneratorBundle/GeneratorDriver/RelatorioDriver.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\GeneratorDriver;
 
+use Chill\DocGeneratorBundle\GeneratorDriver\Exception\TemplateException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBagInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Mime\Part\DataPart;
@@ -54,10 +55,21 @@ class RelatorioDriver implements DriverInterface
 
             return $response->toStream();
         } catch (HttpExceptionInterface $e) {
+            $content = $e->getResponse()->getContent(false);
+
+            if (400 === $e->getResponse()->getStatusCode()) {
+                $content = json_decode($content, true);
+                $this->logger->error('relatorio: template error', [
+                    'error' => $content['message'] ?? '_not defined',
+                ]);
+
+                throw new TemplateException([$content['message']]);
+            }
+
             $this->logger->error('relatorio: error while generating document', [
                 'msg' => $e->getMessage(),
                 'response' => $e->getResponse()->getStatusCode(),
-                'content' => $e->getResponse()->getContent(false),
+                'content' => $content,
             ]);
 
             throw $e;