diff --git a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/package.json b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/package.json
index eb19c63411..90d1b54036 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "log4js": "^0.6.37"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "stryker-api": "^0.1.0",
+    "stryker-api": "^0.1.2",
     "mocha": "^2.3.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "mocha-sinon": "^1.1.4",
     "sinon": "^1.17.2",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
-    "stryker-api": "0.1.0",
+    "stryker-api": "0.1.2",
     "typescript": "^1.8.10",
     "typings": "^1.3.1"
   }
diff --git a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/src/MochaTestRunner.ts b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/src/MochaTestRunner.ts
index 76d3579fdc..9ee6ba5499 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/src/MochaTestRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/src/MochaTestRunner.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {TestRunner, TestResult, RunResult, RunnerOptions, CoverageCollection} from 'stryker-api/test_runner';
+import {InputFile} from 'stryker-api/core';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as log4js from 'log4js';
 // import * as Mocha from 'mocha';
@@ -7,14 +8,14 @@ import StrykerMochaReporter from './StrykerMochaReporter';
 
 const log = log4js.getLogger('MochaTestRunner');
 export default class MochaTestRunner implements TestRunner {
-  private files: string[];
+  private files: InputFile[];
 
   constructor(runnerOptions: RunnerOptions) {
-    this.files = runnerOptions.files.map(f => path.resolve(f.path));
+    this.files = runnerOptions.files;
   }
 
   private purgeFiles() {
-    this.files.forEach(f => delete require.cache[f]);
+    this.files.forEach(f => delete require.cache[f.path]);
   }
 
   run(): Promise<RunResult> {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export default class MochaTestRunner implements TestRunner {
       try {
         this.purgeFiles();
         let mocha = new Mocha({ reporter: StrykerMochaReporter });
-        this.files.forEach(f => mocha.addFile(f));
+        this.files.filter(file => file.included).forEach(f => mocha.addFile(f.path));
         try {
           let runner: any = mocha.run((failures: number) => {
             let result: RunResult = runner.runResult;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default class MochaTestRunner implements TestRunner {
         }
       } catch (error) {
         log.error(error);
-        fail();
+        fail(error);
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/test/integration/MochaTestRunnerSpec.ts b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/test/integration/MochaTestRunnerSpec.ts
index 674a87e43a..5fc1655de2 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/test/integration/MochaTestRunnerSpec.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/test/integration/MochaTestRunnerSpec.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import * as chai from 'chai';
 import MochaTestRunner from '../../src/MochaTestRunner';
 import {TestResult, RunnerOptions, RunResult} from 'stryker-api/test_runner';
 import * as chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
+import * as path from 'path';
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 let expect = chai.expect;
 
-describe.only('MochaTestRunner', function() {
+describe('MochaTestRunner', function () {
 
   var sut: MochaTestRunner;
   this.timeout(10000);
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ describe.only('MochaTestRunner', function() {
 
     before(() => {
       testRunnerOptions = {
-        files: [{ path: 'testResources/sampleProject/src/MyMath.js', shouldMutate: true }, { path: 'testResources/sampleProject/test/MyMathSpec.js', shouldMutate: false }],
+        files: [
+          file('./testResources/sampleProject/src/MyMath.js'),
+          file('./testResources/sampleProject/test/MyMathSpec.js')],
         coverageEnabled: false,
         strykerOptions: {},
         port: 1234
@@ -39,12 +42,33 @@ describe.only('MochaTestRunner', function() {
       });
 
       it('should be able to run 2 times in a row', () => {
-        return expect(sut.run().then( () => sut.run())).to.eventually.satisfy((testResult: RunResult) => {
+        return expect(sut.run().then(() => sut.run())).to.eventually.satisfy((testResult: RunResult) => {
           expect(testResult.succeeded).to.be.eq(5);
           return true;
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('with an error in an unincluded input file', () => {
+      before(() => {
+        let options = {
+          files: [
+            file('testResources/sampleProject/src/MyMath.js'),
+            file('testResources/sampleProject/src/Error.js', false, false),
+            file('testResources/sampleProject/test/MyMathSpec.js')],
+          coverageEnabled: false,
+          strykerOptions: {},
+          port: 1234
+        };
+        sut = new MochaTestRunner(options);
+      });
+
+      it('should report completed tests without errors', () => expect(sut.run()).to.eventually.satisfy((testResult: RunResult) => {
+        expect(testResult.result).to.be.eq(TestResult.Complete, 'Test result did not match');
+        return true;
+      }));
+    });
   });
 
+  let file = (filePath: string, mutated: boolean = true, included: boolean = true) => ({ path: path.resolve(filePath), mutated, included });
 });
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diff --git a/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/testResources/sampleProject/src/Error.js b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/testResources/sampleProject/src/Error.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c5f9bed23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stryker-mocha-runner/testResources/sampleProject/src/Error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+someGlobalObjectWhichDoesNotExist.someFunctionWhichDoesNotExist('1', 2);
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