diff --git a/dns-request.js b/dns-request.js
index dca6f9c..d866191 100644
--- a/dns-request.js
+++ b/dns-request.js
@@ -102,12 +102,28 @@ function resolve(queryAb, opts) {
 }
 
 function resolveJson(query, opts) {
-  var queryAb = dnsjs.DNSPacket.write(query);
+  var queryAb;
+  try {
+    queryAb = dnsjs.DNSPacket.write(query);
+  } catch(e) {
+    if ('function' === typeof opts.onError) { opts.onError(e); return; }
+    throw e;
+  }
+
   //console.log('[DEV] nameserver', opts.nameserver);
   var options = {
     onError: opts.onError
   , onMessage: function (nb) {
-      var packet = dnsjs.DNSPacket.parse(nb.buffer.slice(nb.byteOffset, nb.byteOffset + nb.byteLength));
+      var packet;
+      try {
+        packet = dnsjs.DNSPacket.parse(nb.buffer.slice(nb.byteOffset, nb.byteOffset + nb.byteLength));
+      } catch(e) {
+        if (opts.onError) { opts.onError(e); return; }
+
+        console.error("[Error] couldn't parse incoming message");
+        console.error(e);
+        return;
+      }
 
       opts.onMessage(packet);
     }