diff --git a/osquery/core/conversions.cpp b/osquery/core/conversions.cpp
index 5a44aacbe92..7622cb05182 100644
--- a/osquery/core/conversions.cpp
+++ b/osquery/core/conversions.cpp
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ Status JSON::fromString(const std::string& str) {
   if (!pr) {
     std::string message{"Cannot parse JSON: "};
     message += GetParseError_En(pr.Code());
-    message += "Offset: ";
-    message += pr.Offset();
+    message += " Offset: ";
+    message += std::to_string(pr.Offset());
     return Status(1, message);
   }
-  return Status{0};
+  return Status();
 }
 
 void JSON::mergeObject(rj::Value& target_obj, rj::Value& source_obj) {
diff --git a/osquery/core/tests/conversions_tests.cpp b/osquery/core/tests/conversions_tests.cpp
index 3cbe7a5ccae..4bf84ef7d8b 100644
--- a/osquery/core/tests/conversions_tests.cpp
+++ b/osquery/core/tests/conversions_tests.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ TEST_F(ConversionsTests, test_json_from_string) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(doc.fromString(json).ok());
 }
 
+TEST_F(ConversionsTests, test_json_from_string_error) {
+  std::string json = "{\"key\":\"value\",\"key2\":{\"key3\":'error'}}";
+  auto doc = JSON::newObject();
+  auto s = doc.fromString(json);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(s.ok());
+  EXPECT_EQ(s.getMessage(), "Cannot parse JSON: Invalid value. Offset: 30");
+}
+
 TEST_F(ConversionsTests, test_json_add_object) {
   std::string json = "{\"key\":\"value\", \"key2\":{\"key3\":[3,2,1]}}";
   auto doc = JSON::newObject();