diff --git a/read-json.js b/read-json.js
index 64cc3fe..4226e77 100644
--- a/read-json.js
+++ b/read-json.js
@@ -469,6 +469,6 @@ function parseIndex (data) {
 function parseError (ex, file) {
   var e = new Error('Failed to parse json\n' + ex.message)
   e.code = 'EJSONPARSE'
-  e.file = file
+  e.path = file
   return e
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/indexjs-bad/package.json b/test/fixtures/indexjs-bad/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f9d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/indexjs-bad/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{"this is
+
+  Not valid json!!
diff --git a/test/indexjs.js b/test/indexjs.js
index a98e528..1653abb 100644
--- a/test/indexjs.js
+++ b/test/indexjs.js
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ t.test('read from an index.js file', t => {
   })
 })
 
-t.test('read broken json', t => {
-  const fixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/indexjs-bad/package.json')
+t.test('missing file', t => {
+  // this subdirectory does not exist
+  const fixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/indexjs-missing/package.json')
   read(fixture, (er, data) => {
     t.match(er, {
       code: 'ENOENT',
@@ -30,3 +31,15 @@ t.test('read broken json', t => {
     t.end()
   })
 })
+
+t.test('EJSONPARSE', t => {
+  const fixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/indexjs-bad/package.json')
+  read(fixture, (er, data) => {
+    t.match(er, {
+      code: 'EJSONPARSE',
+      path: fixture
+    })
+    t.notOk(data)
+    t.end()
+  })
+})