diff --git a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexer.kt b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexer.kt
index c33ab80dc..bea734f4e 100644
--- a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexer.kt
+++ b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexer.kt
@@ -126,7 +126,16 @@ class KotlinAnalysisIndexer(
             val documents = mutableListOf<Document>()
             val ktFiles = session.modulesWithFiles.values.flatten().filterIsInstance<KtFile>()
             for (ktFile in ktFiles) {
-                val document = indexFile(ktFile)
+                val document =
+                    try {
+                        indexFile(ktFile)
+                    } catch (e: Exception) {
+                        val reason = e.message?.lineSequence()?.firstOrNull()
+                        System.err.println(
+                            "scip-kotlin-analysis: skipped ${ktFile.virtualFilePath}: ${e.javaClass.name}: $reason"
+                        )
+                        continue
+                    }
                 writeShard(ktFile, document)
                 callback(document)
                 documents.add(document)
@@ -583,6 +592,7 @@ class KotlinAnalysisIndexer(
         override fun visitDestructuringDeclaration(
             destructuringDeclaration: KtDestructuringDeclaration
         ) {
+            if (destructuringDeclaration.parent is KtFile) return
             val isParameter = destructuringDeclaration.parent is KtParameter
             val type =
                 destructuringDeclaration.initializer?.let { renderedExpressionType(it) }
diff --git a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/Main.kt b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/Main.kt
index 5e6f41170..e9e140792 100644
--- a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/Main.kt
+++ b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/main/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/Main.kt
@@ -37,15 +37,20 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     require(sourceroot != null) { "missing required flag: --sourceroot" }
     require(targetroot != null) { "missing required flag: --targetroot" }
     require(sourceRoots.isNotEmpty()) { "missing source files or directories" }
-    KotlinAnalysisIndexer(
-            sourceroot = sourceroot,
-            targetroot = targetroot,
-            sourceRoots = sourceRoots,
-            classpath = classpath,
-            jdkHome = jdkHome,
-        )
-        .run()
     // The Analysis API environment leaves non-daemon threads behind; exit
     // explicitly so callers are not left waiting on them.
+    try {
+        KotlinAnalysisIndexer(
+                sourceroot = sourceroot,
+                targetroot = targetroot,
+                sourceRoots = sourceRoots,
+                classpath = classpath,
+                jdkHome = jdkHome,
+            )
+            .run()
+    } catch (e: Throwable) {
+        e.printStackTrace()
+        exitProcess(1)
+    }
     exitProcess(0)
 }
diff --git a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/test/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexerTest.kt b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/test/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexerTest.kt
index 6391232ae..73b4b5786 100644
--- a/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/test/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexerTest.kt
+++ b/scip-kotlin-analysis/src/test/kotlin/org/scip_code/scip_java/kotlin_analysis/KotlinAnalysisIndexerTest.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,50 @@ class KotlinAnalysisIndexerTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `a top-level destructuring in a kt file is skipped, not the file or the run`() {
+        val sourceroot = Files.createTempDirectory("scip-kotlin-analysis").toRealPath()
+        val src = Files.createDirectories(sourceroot.resolve("src"))
+        Files.writeString(
+            src.resolve("Broken.kt"),
+            """
+            |package snapshots
+            |
+            |fun before(): Int = 1
+            |
+            |val (first, second) = Pair(1, 2)
+            |
+            |fun after(): Int = before()
+            """
+                .trimMargin(),
+        )
+        Files.writeString(
+            src.resolve("Other.kt"),
+            """
+            |package snapshots
+            |
+            |fun other(): Int = after()
+            """
+                .trimMargin(),
+        )
+        val documents =
+            KotlinAnalysisIndexer(
+                    sourceroot = sourceroot,
+                    targetroot = sourceroot.resolve("scip-targetroot"),
+                    sourceRoots = listOf(src),
+                    classpath = listOf(kotlinStdlibJar()),
+                )
+                .run()
+                .sortedBy { it.relativePath }
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("src/Broken.kt", "src/Other.kt"), documents.map { it.relativePath })
+        val broken = definitions(documents[0])
+        assertContains(broken, "snapshots/before().")
+        assertContains(broken, "snapshots/after().")
+        assertContains(references(documents[0]), "snapshots/before().")
+        assertContains(references(documents[1]), "snapshots/after().")
+    }
+
     private fun definitions(document: Document): List<String> =
         document.occurrencesList
             .filter { it.symbolRoles and SymbolRole.Definition.number != 0 }