diff --git a/testing/check_asn1.py b/testing/check_asn1.py
index df9771cf6bc9bc278977bc627da10afc8e4fe847..c87a22619f847248a1281a18356dbbfcbfaf6a13 100644
--- a/testing/check_asn1.py
+++ b/testing/check_asn1.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from compile_asn import *
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    log = logging.getLogger()
+    log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     parseErrors, compileErrors, parser = validateAllASN1FilesInPath("./")
     parseErrorCount = 0
     print ("ASN.1 Parser checks:")
diff --git a/testing/compile_asn.py b/testing/compile_asn.py
index a7a531aef49c41538b2d0ab6e5057ff06964b4fc..33fea5041594629305d98224885f88b95f077fd7 100644
--- a/testing/compile_asn.py
+++ b/testing/compile_asn.py
@@ -114,17 +114,21 @@ def compileASN1Files (fileList):
     except CompileError as ex:
         logging.info (f"Compiler  error: {ex}")
         errors.append(ex)
+        return errors, None
     except ParseError as ex:
         logging.info (f"Parse error: {ex}")
         errors.append(ex)
+        return errors, None
     logging.info ("Compiled OK")
     return errors, c
 
 
 def validateASN1Files (fileList):
     parseErrors = parseASN1Files(fileList)
-    if len(parseErrors) > 0:
-        logging.info ("Abandonding compile due to parse errors")
+    errorCount = sum([len(v) for k,v in parseErrors.items()])
+    if errorCount > 0:
+        logging.info ("Abandoning compile due to parse errors")
+        return parseErrors, [], None
     compileErrors, parser = compileASN1Files(fileList)
     return parseErrors, compileErrors, parser