diff --git a/lua/kulala/parser/init.lua b/lua/kulala/parser/init.lua
index 5c0bdd75..41379577 100644
--- a/lua/kulala/parser/init.lua
+++ b/lua/kulala/parser/init.lua
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ end
 
 ---Parse a request and return the request on itself, its headers and body
 ---@param start_request_linenr number|nil The line number where the request starts
----@return Request -- Table containing the request data
+---@return Request|nil -- Table containing the request data or nil if parsing fails
 function M.parse(start_request_linenr)
   local res = {
     metadata = {},
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ function M.parse(start_request_linenr)
     document_variables, requests = M.get_document()
     req = M.get_request_at(requests, start_request_linenr)
   end
+
+  if req == nil then
+    return nil
+  end
+
   Scripts.javascript.run("pre_request", req.scripts.pre_request)
   local env = ENV_PARSER.get_env()
 
diff --git a/lua/kulala/ui/init.lua b/lua/kulala/ui/init.lua
index 97b4f916..3db7f114 100644
--- a/lua/kulala/ui/init.lua
+++ b/lua/kulala/ui/init.lua
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ end
 ---Prints the parsed Request table into current buffer - uses nvim_put
 local function print_http_spec(spec, curl)
   local lines = {}
-  local idx = 1
 
   table.insert(lines, "# " .. curl)
 
@@ -149,6 +148,10 @@ end
 
 M.copy = function()
   local result = PARSER.parse()
+  if result == nil then
+    Logger.error("No request found")
+    return
+  end
   local cmd_table = {}
   local skip_arg = false
   for idx, v in ipairs(result.cmd) do