diff --git a/client/src/components/renderer/map-parser/mesh/parseMesh.worker.ts b/client/src/components/renderer/map-parser/mesh/parseMesh.worker.ts
index f27f3321..8916a832 100644
--- a/client/src/components/renderer/map-parser/mesh/parseMesh.worker.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/renderer/map-parser/mesh/parseMesh.worker.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ function parseMesh({
 
   const [, , counts, ...rest] = lines.filter(identity);
 
-  const [vertexCount] = counts.split(" ").map(parseInt);
+  const [vertexCount] = counts.split(/\s+/).map(parseInt);
 
-  const lines2 = rest.map((line) => line.split(" ").map(parseFloat));
+  const lines2 = rest.map((line) => line.split(/\s+/).map(parseFloat));
 
   // 1-indexed vertices
   const vertices = lines2.slice(0, vertexCount);
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/useParsedMap.tsx b/client/src/hooks/useParsedMap.tsx
index e093cef8..7213a52d 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/useParsedMap.tsx
+++ b/client/src/hooks/useParsedMap.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function useParsedMap(map?: Map, options?: Record<string, any>) {
           } catch (e) {
             console.error(e);
             notify("Error parsing", get(e, "message"));
+            return { error: get(e, "message") };
           }
         }
       }),
diff --git a/client/src/layers/map/index.tsx b/client/src/layers/map/index.tsx
index 024d7271..62f4a7d2 100644
--- a/client/src/layers/map/index.tsx
+++ b/client/src/layers/map/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CircularProgress } from "@mui/material";
+import { CircularProgress, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import { MapPicker } from "components/app-bar/Input";
 import { Heading, Option } from "components/layer-editor/Option";
 import { getParser } from "components/renderer";
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import { withProduce } from "produce";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { Map } from "slices/UIState";
 import { Layer, useLayer } from "slices/layers";
+import { usePaper } from "theme";
 
 export type MapLayerData = {
   map?: Map;
   options?: Record<string, any>;
-  parsedMap?: ParsedMap;
+  parsedMap?: ParsedMap & { error?: string };
 };
 
 export type MapLayer = Layer<MapLayerData>;
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ export const controller = {
     layer?.source?.map
       ? `${layer.source.map.name} (${startCase(layer.source.map.format)})`
       : "Untitled Map",
+  error: (layer) => layer?.source?.parsedMap?.error,
   editor: withProduce(({ value, produce }) => {
+    const paper = usePaper();
     const { result: Editor } = useMapOptions(value?.source?.map);
     return (
       <>
@@ -43,6 +46,22 @@ export const controller = {
             />
           }
         />
+        {value?.source?.parsedMap?.error && (
+          <Typography
+            variant="body2"
+            color={(t) => t.palette.error.main}
+            sx={{
+              whiteSpace: "pre-line",
+              mb: 1,
+              mt: 1,
+              ...paper(1),
+              p: 1,
+              borderRadius: 1,
+            }}
+          >
+            <code>{value?.source?.parsedMap?.error}</code>
+          </Typography>
+        )}
         {!!value?.source?.map && (
           <>
             <Heading label="Map Options" />
diff --git a/resources/maps/Small Mesh.mesh b/resources/maps/Small Mesh.mesh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8102f2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/maps/Small Mesh.mesh	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+mesh
+3
+5 4
+0 0
+0 10
+10 10 
+10 0
+5 5
+0 3   4 1 5   -4 0 -2 
+1 3   1 2 5   -1 0 3
+1 3   2 3 5   3 0 4
+1 3   3 4 5   3 0 -1
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