diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index a646663b2..6dae201d6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -4423,6 +4423,8 @@ pub fn parse_value(
     span: Span,
     shape: &SyntaxShape,
 ) -> Expression {
+    trace!("parsing: value: {}", shape);
+
     let bytes = working_set.get_span_contents(span);
 
     if bytes.is_empty() {
@@ -4595,7 +4597,7 @@ pub fn parse_value(
                     if starting_error_count == working_set.parse_errors.len() {
                         return s;
                     } else {
-                        match working_set.parse_errors.first() {
+                        match working_set.parse_errors.get(starting_error_count) {
                             Some(ParseError::Expected(_, _)) => {
                                 working_set.parse_errors.truncate(starting_error_count);
                                 continue;
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 4d5f21325..e46cfa1fb 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod test_custom_commands;
 mod test_engine;
 mod test_env;
 mod test_hiding;
+mod test_ide;
 mod test_iteration;
 mod test_known_external;
 mod test_math;
@@ -101,6 +102,34 @@ pub fn run_test_contains(input: &str, expected: &str) -> TestResult {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub fn test_ide_contains(input: &str, ide_commands: &[&str], expected: &str) -> TestResult {
+    let mut file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
+    let name = file.path();
+
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin("nu")?;
+    for ide_command in ide_commands {
+        cmd.arg(ide_command);
+    }
+    cmd.arg(name);
+
+    writeln!(file, "{input}")?;
+
+    let output = cmd.output()?;
+
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).to_string();
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string();
+
+    println!("stdout: {stdout}");
+    println!("stderr: {stderr}");
+
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+
+    assert!(stdout.contains(expected));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub fn fail_test(input: &str, expected: &str) -> TestResult {
     let mut file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
diff --git a/src/tests/test_ide.rs b/src/tests/test_ide.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7404c0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/test_ide.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use crate::tests::{test_ide_contains, TestResult};
+
+#[test]
+fn parser_recovers() -> TestResult {
+    test_ide_contains(
+        "3 + \"bob\"\nlet x = \"fred\"\n",
+        &["--ide-check"],
+        "\"typename\":\"String\"",
+    )
+}