diff --git a/.changeset/ten-pianos-report.md b/.changeset/ten-pianos-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..970d1b999a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-pianos-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"graphql-language-service-server": patch
+"graphql-language-service": patch
+---
+
+Better handling of unparsable babel JS/TS files
diff --git a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/MessageProcessor.ts b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/MessageProcessor.ts
index 58c694faa2f..2af5873bb6d 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/MessageProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/MessageProcessor.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class MessageProcessor {
     this._graphQLConfig = config;
     this._parser = (text, uri) => {
       const p = parser ?? parseDocument;
-      return p(text, uri, fileExtensions, graphqlFileExtensions);
+      return p(text, uri, fileExtensions, graphqlFileExtensions, this._logger);
     };
     this._tmpDir = tmpDir || tmpdir();
     this._tmpDirBase = path.join(this._tmpDir, 'graphql-language-service');
diff --git a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/MessageProcessor-test.ts b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/MessageProcessor-test.ts
index 0b7749f64c0..c3025cf7f53 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/MessageProcessor-test.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/MessageProcessor-test.ts
@@ -623,6 +623,26 @@ export function Example(arg: string) {}`;
     expect(contents.length).toEqual(0);
   });
 
+  it('an unparsable JS/TS file does not throw and bring down the server', async () => {
+    const text = `
+// @flow
+import type randomthing fro 'package';
+import type {B} from 'B';
+im port A from './A';
+
+con  QUERY = randomthing\`
+query Test {
+  test {
+    value
+    ...FragmentsComment
+  }
+}
+\${A.frag`;
+
+    const contents = parseDocument(text, 'test.js');
+    expect(contents.length).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
   describe('handleWatchedFilesChangedNotification', () => {
     const mockReadFileSync: jest.Mock = jest.requireMock('fs').readFileSync;
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/findGraphQLTags.ts b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/findGraphQLTags.ts
index f8aef188645..b016450dc66 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/findGraphQLTags.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/findGraphQLTags.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { Position, Range } from 'graphql-language-service-utils';
 
 import { parse, ParserOptions, ParserPlugin } from '@babel/parser';
+import { Logger } from './Logger';
 
 // Attempt to be as inclusive as possible of source text.
 const PARSER_OPTIONS: ParserOptions = {
@@ -68,18 +69,36 @@ const BABEL_PLUGINS: ParserPlugin[] = [
   'logicalAssignment',
 ];
 
-export function findGraphQLTags(text: string, ext: string): TagResult[] {
+export function findGraphQLTags(
+  text: string,
+  ext: string,
+  uri: string,
+  logger: Logger,
+): TagResult[] {
   const result: TagResult[] = [];
 
   const plugins = BABEL_PLUGINS.slice(0, BABEL_PLUGINS.length);
 
-  if (ext === '.ts' || ext === '.tsx') {
+  const isTypeScript = ext === '.ts' || ext === '.tsx';
+  if (isTypeScript) {
     plugins?.push('typescript');
   } else {
     plugins?.push('flow', 'flowComments');
   }
   PARSER_OPTIONS.plugins = plugins;
-  const ast = parse(text, PARSER_OPTIONS);
+
+  let parsedAST: ReturnType<typeof parse> | undefined = undefined;
+  try {
+    parsedAST = parse(text, PARSER_OPTIONS);
+  } catch (error) {
+    const type = isTypeScript ? 'TypeScript' : 'JavaScript';
+    logger.error(
+      `Could not parse the ${type} file at ${uri} to extract the graphql tags:`,
+    );
+    logger.error(error);
+    return [];
+  }
+  const ast = parsedAST!;
 
   const visitors = {
     CallExpression: (node: Expression) => {
diff --git a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/parseDocument.ts b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/parseDocument.ts
index 4c65c7f60ad..a89255f8b7d 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/parseDocument.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/parseDocument.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { CachedContent } from 'graphql-language-service';
 import { Range, Position } from 'graphql-language-service-utils';
 
 import { findGraphQLTags, DEFAULT_TAGS } from './findGraphQLTags';
+import { Logger } from './Logger';
 
 export const DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS = [
   '.js',
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS = [
 ];
 
 /**
- * .graphql is the officially reccomended extension for graphql files
+ * .graphql is the officially recommended extension for graphql files
  *
  * .gql and .graphqls are included for compatibility for commonly used extensions
  *
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export function parseDocument(
   uri: string,
   fileExtensions: string[] = DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS,
   graphQLFileExtensions: string[] = DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_GRAPHQL_EXTENSIONS,
+  logger: Logger = new Logger(),
 ): CachedContent[] {
   // Check if the text content includes a GraphQLV query.
   // If the text doesn't include GraphQL queries, do not proceed.
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ export function parseDocument(
     if (DEFAULT_TAGS.some(t => t === text)) {
       return [];
     }
-    const templates = findGraphQLTags(text, ext);
+    const templates = findGraphQLTags(text, ext, uri, logger);
     return templates.map(({ template, range }) => ({ query: template, range }));
   }
   if (graphQLFileExtensions.some(e => e === ext)) {