diff --git a/system/core/Common.php b/system/core/Common.php
index d66649f..2c76519 100644
--- a/system/core/Common.php
+++ b/system/core/Common.php
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
 	 */
 	function _error_handler($severity, $message, $filepath, $line)
 	{
-		$is_error = (((E_ERROR | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR | E_USER_ERROR) & $severity) === $severity);
+		$is_error = (((E_ERROR | E_PARSE | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR | E_USER_ERROR) & $severity) === $severity);
 
 		// When an error occurred, set the status header to '500 Internal Server Error'
 		// to indicate to the client something went wrong.