diff --git a/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb b/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
index 301d573..957ca8a 100644
--- a/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
+++ b/plugins/backtick_code_block.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ module BacktickCodeBlock
         else
           @options[:lang]      ||= 'plain'
         end
-        highlight(code, @options)
+
+        begin
+          highlight(code, @options)
+        rescue
+          highlight_failed(nil, code, @options[:lang])
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/plugins/code_block.rb b/plugins/code_block.rb
index 4ac596d..94feba2 100644
--- a/plugins/code_block.rb
+++ b/plugins/code_block.rb
@@ -78,11 +78,15 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     def render(context)
-      code = super.strip
-      code = highlight(code, @options)
-      code = context['pygments_prefix'] + code if context['pygments_prefix']
-      code = code + context['pygments_suffix'] if context['pygments_suffix']
-      code
+      begin
+        code = super.strip
+        code = highlight(code, @options)
+        code = context['pygments_prefix'] + code if context['pygments_prefix']
+        code = code + context['pygments_suffix'] if context['pygments_suffix']
+        code
+      rescue
+        highlight_failed(nil, code, @options[:lang])
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/plugins/gist_tag.rb b/plugins/gist_tag.rb
index 483d1c8..50e9b17 100644
--- a/plugins/gist_tag.rb
+++ b/plugins/gist_tag.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ module Jekyll
         unless cache
           code = get_gist_from_web(gist, file)
           code = get_range(code, @options[:start], @options[:end])
-          code = highlight(code, @options)
+          begin
+            code = highlight(code, @options)
+          rescue
+            highlight_failed(file, code, @options[:lang])
+          end
         end
         code || cache
       else
diff --git a/plugins/include_code.rb b/plugins/include_code.rb
index 9ac2104..39b51e0 100644
--- a/plugins/include_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/include_code.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ module Jekyll
 
         code = filepath.read
         code = get_range(code, @options[:start], @options[:end])
-        highlight(code, @options)
+        begin
+          highlight(code, @options)
+        rescue
+          highlight_failed(@file, code, @options[:lang])
+        end
       end
     end
   end