diff --git a/src/data.go b/src/data.go
index 682485f2..fa5a0962 100644
--- a/src/data.go
+++ b/src/data.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetResources retrieves all the resources in a tf file
-func GetResources(file string) []Resource {
+func GetResources(file string) ([]Resource, error) {
 
 	var results []Resource
 
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ func GetResources(file string) []Resource {
 		log.Printf("failed to parse %s", file)
 	}
 
+	if myCode == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("parsing error: no code parsed")
+	}
 	Tree := myCode.Node.(*ast.ObjectList)
 
 	for _, item := range Tree.Items {
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ func GetResources(file string) []Resource {
 	}
 
 	// resources, filename, code
-	return results
+	return results, nil
 }
 
 // GetProvider retrieves the provider from the resource
diff --git a/src/scan.go b/src/scan.go
index e96fa0e0..5982ef1b 100644
--- a/src/scan.go
+++ b/src/scan.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package pike
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ func Scan(dirname string) error {
 
 	for _, file := range files {
 
-		resources := GetResources(file)
+		resources, err := GetResources(file)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			//parse the other files
+			log.Print(err)
+		}
 
 		for _, resource := range resources {
 			hcltype := GetHCLType(resource)
diff --git a/terraform/backup/aws_instance.a.tf b/terraform/backup/aws_instance.a.tf
index febcdc55..adda2af3 100644
--- a/terraform/backup/aws_instance.a.tf
+++ b/terraform/backup/aws_instance.a.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "name" {
   #iam_instance_profile =
   key_name   = "test"
   monitoring = false
-  # tags = {
-  #   "createdby" = "james"
-  # }
+  tags = {
+    "createdby" = "james"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/terraform/backup/aws_lambda_function.tf b/terraform/backup/aws_lambda_function.tf
index 4398240b..892189c5 100644
--- a/terraform/backup/aws_lambda_function.tf
+++ b/terraform/backup/aws_lambda_function.tf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "examplea" {
   handler       = "anyoldguff"
   runtime       = "python3.8"
   filename      = "todo.zip"
-  # tags = {
-  #   createdby="james woolfenden"
-  # }
+  tags = {
+    createdby = "james woolfenden"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/terraform/backup/aws_network_acl.tf b/terraform/backup/aws_network_acl.tf
index a33db291..0d24d69e 100644
--- a/terraform/backup/aws_network_acl.tf
+++ b/terraform/backup/aws_network_acl.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resource "aws_network_acl" "example" {
-  vpc_id = "vpc-0c9622709bb598517"
+  vpc_id = aws_vpc.example.id
 
   egress {
     protocol   = "tcp"
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ resource "aws_network_acl" "example" {
   # tags = {
   #   Name = "main"
   # }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}