diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Controls/BaseDiffViewer.xaml b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Controls/BaseDiffViewer.xaml
index 3a37d5bd299..04083ae95a6 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Controls/BaseDiffViewer.xaml
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Controls/BaseDiffViewer.xaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                 <ui:SharedResourceDictionary Source="{x:Static ui:SharedDictionaryManager.DynamoModernDictionaryUri}" />
             </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+            <viewModels:DiffStateToVisibilityConverter x:Key="DiffStateToVis" />
             <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type viewModels:InLineViewModel}">
                 <local:InLineControl DataContext="{Binding}" />
             </DataTemplate>
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@
             <Style x:Key="HasDifferenceController"
                    TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
                 <Style.Triggers>
-                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.HasChanges}"
-                                 Value="True">
+                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.DiffState}"
+                                 Value="{x:Static viewModels:State.HasChanges}">
                         <Setter Property="Content"
                                 Value="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel}">
                         </Setter>
                     </DataTrigger>
-                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.HasChanges}"
-                                 Value="False">
+                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.DiffState}"
+                                 Value="{x:Static viewModels:State.NoChanges}">
                         <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
                             <Setter.Value>
                                 <DataTemplate>
@@ -63,6 +64,31 @@
                             </Setter.Value>
                         </Setter>
                     </DataTrigger>
+                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.DiffState}"
+                                 Value="{x:Static viewModels:State.Error}">
+                        <Setter Property="ContentTemplate">
+                            <Setter.Value>
+                                <DataTemplate>
+                                    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
+                                                VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                                                Width="400">
+                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static p:Resources.MigrationAssistantErrorStateHeader}"
+                                                   TextAlignment="Center"
+                                                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+                                                   FontSize="24"
+                                                   Foreground="{StaticResource WorkspaceTabHeaderActiveTextBrush}"
+                                                   TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                                        <TextBlock Text="{x:Static p:Resources.MigrationAssistantErrorStateMessage}"
+                                                   TextAlignment="Center"
+                                                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+                                                   FontSize="14"
+                                                   Foreground="{StaticResource WorkspaceTabHeaderActiveTextBrush}"
+                                                   TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                                    </StackPanel>
+                                </DataTemplate>
+                            </Setter.Value>
+                        </Setter>
+                    </DataTrigger>
                 </Style.Triggers>
             </Style>
         </ResourceDictionary>
@@ -108,6 +134,7 @@
                         HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                         Grid.Column="0">
                 <Button  Name="DiffButton"
+                         Visibility="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.DiffState, Converter={StaticResource DiffStateToVis}}"
                          Click="OnDiffButtonClick"
                          HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                          ToolTip="{x:Static p:Resources.DiffButtonTooltip}"
@@ -125,6 +152,7 @@
                         HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                         Grid.Column="1">
                 <Button  x:Name="AcceptButton"
+                         Visibility="{Binding Path=CurrentViewModel.DiffState, Converter={StaticResource DiffStateToVis}}"
                          Click="OnAcceptButtonClicked"
                          HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                          ToolTip="{x:Static p:Resources.AcceptButtonTooltip}"
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/DiffStateToVisibilityConverter.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/DiffStateToVisibilityConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d69bcb7374a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/DiffStateToVisibilityConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+
+namespace Dynamo.PythonMigration.Differ
+{
+    public class DiffStateToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
+    {
+        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
+        {
+            if (value != null)
+            {
+                var state = (State)value;
+                if (state == State.Error)
+                    return Visibility.Hidden;
+            }
+
+            return Visibility.Visible;
+        }
+
+        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/IDiffViewViewModel.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/IDiffViewViewModel.cs
index e6eaa34b24c..ee982f22207 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/IDiffViewViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/IDiffViewViewModel.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 namespace Dynamo.PythonMigration.Differ
 {
+    public enum State
+    {
+        NoChanges,
+        HasChanges,
+        Error
+    }
+
     public interface IDiffViewViewModel
     {
         ViewMode ViewMode { get; }
-        bool HasChanges { get; }
+        State DiffState { get; set; }
     }
 
     public enum ViewMode
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/InLineViewModel.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/InLineViewModel.cs
index 38ce272dc03..347041bc596 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/InLineViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/InLineViewModel.cs
@@ -8,12 +8,26 @@ public class InLineViewModel : IDiffViewViewModel
     {
         public ViewMode ViewMode { get; set; }
         public DiffPaneModel DiffModel { get; set; }
-        public bool HasChanges { get { return DiffModel.HasDifferences; } } 
+        private bool HasChanges { get { return DiffModel.HasDifferences; } }
+
+        private State diffState;
+        public State DiffState
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (diffState == State.Error) return State.Error;
+
+                diffState = HasChanges ? State.HasChanges : State.NoChanges;
+
+                return diffState;
+            }
+            set { diffState = value; }
+        }
 
         public InLineViewModel(SideBySideDiffModel diffModel)
         {
-            this.ViewMode = ViewMode.Inline;
-            this.DiffModel = ConvertToInline(diffModel);
+            ViewMode = ViewMode.Inline;
+            DiffModel = ConvertToInline(diffModel);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/SideBySideViewModel.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/SideBySideViewModel.cs
index c45a211b435..0a6b201151d 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/SideBySideViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Differ/SideBySideViewModel.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,21 @@ public class SideBySideViewModel : IDiffViewViewModel
         public SideBySideDiffModel DiffModel { get; set; }
         public DiffPaneModel AfterPane { get { return DiffModel.NewText; } }
         public DiffPaneModel BeforePane { get { return DiffModel.OldText; } }
-        public bool HasChanges { get { return DiffModel.NewText.HasDifferences | DiffModel.OldText.HasDifferences; } }
+        private bool HasChanges { get { return DiffModel.NewText.HasDifferences | DiffModel.OldText.HasDifferences; } }
+
+        private State diffState;
+        public State DiffState
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (diffState == State.Error) return State.Error;
+
+                diffState = HasChanges ? State.HasChanges : State.NoChanges;
+
+                return diffState;
+            }
+            set { diffState = value; }
+        }
 
         public SideBySideViewModel(SideBySideDiffModel diffModel)
         {
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/MigrationAssistant/PythonMigrationAssistantViewModel.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/MigrationAssistant/PythonMigrationAssistantViewModel.cs
index 79b21629718..0c922b00c26 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/MigrationAssistant/PythonMigrationAssistantViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/MigrationAssistant/PythonMigrationAssistantViewModel.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using Dynamo.Interfaces;
 using Dynamo.PythonMigration.Controls;
 using Dynamo.PythonMigration.Differ;
+using Python.Runtime;
 using PythonNodeModels;
 
 namespace Dynamo.PythonMigration.MigrationAssistant
@@ -42,25 +43,39 @@ public IDiffViewViewModel CurrentViewModel
 
         public PythonMigrationAssistantViewModel(PythonNode pythonNode, WorkspaceModel workspace, IPathManager pathManager, Version dynamoVersion)
         {
-            this.PythonNode = pythonNode;
-            this.OldCode = pythonNode.Script;
+            PythonNode = pythonNode;
+            OldCode = pythonNode.Script;
 
             this.workspace = workspace;
-            this.backupDirectory = pathManager.BackupDirectory;
+            backupDirectory = pathManager.BackupDirectory;
             this.dynamoVersion = dynamoVersion;
 
-            MigrateCode();
+            try
+            {
+                MigrateCode();
+            }
+            catch (PythonException)
+            {
+                var sidebyside = new SideBySideDiffBuilder();
+                diffModel = sidebyside.BuildDiffModel(OldCode, OldCode, false);
+
+                SetSideBySideViewModel();
+                
+                CurrentViewModel.DiffState = State.Error;
+                return;
+            }
             SetSideBySideViewModel();
+
         }
 
         #region Code migration
 
         private void MigrateCode()
         {
-            this.NewCode = ScriptMigrator.MigrateCode(this.OldCode);
+            NewCode = ScriptMigrator.MigrateCode(OldCode);
 
             var sidebyside = new SideBySideDiffBuilder();
-            this.diffModel = sidebyside.BuildDiffModel(this.OldCode, this.NewCode, false);
+            diffModel = sidebyside.BuildDiffModel(OldCode, NewCode, false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -68,11 +83,9 @@ private void MigrateCode()
         /// </summary>
         public void ChangeCode()
         {
-            if (!this.CurrentViewModel.HasChanges)
+            if (CurrentViewModel.DiffState == State.NoChanges)
             {
-                if (this.PythonNode.Engine == PythonEngineVersion.CPython3)
-                    return;
-                this.PythonNode.Engine = PythonEngineVersion.CPython3;
+                PythonNode.Engine = PythonEngineVersion.CPython3;
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -85,7 +98,7 @@ public void ChangeCode()
             }
 
             SavePythonMigrationBackup();
-            this.PythonNode.MigrateCode(this.NewCode);
+            PythonNode.MigrateCode(this.NewCode);
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -131,19 +144,17 @@ internal void ChangeViewModel(ViewMode viewMode)
                 case ViewMode.SideBySide:
                     SetSideBySideViewModel();
                     break;
-                default:
-                    break;
             }
         }
 
         private void SetSideBySideViewModel()
         {
-            this.CurrentViewModel = new SideBySideViewModel(this.diffModel);
+            CurrentViewModel = new SideBySideViewModel(diffModel);
         }
 
         private void SetInlineViewModel()
         {
-            this.CurrentViewModel = new InLineViewModel(this.diffModel);
+            CurrentViewModel = new InLineViewModel(diffModel);
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 9058e6b5015..a5402eaaed0 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -197,6 +197,24 @@ public static string MigrationAssistantDisclaimerWindowTitle {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to There is an error in your code!.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string MigrationAssistantErrorStateHeader {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("MigrationAssistantErrorStateHeader", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Fix all errors before attempting code migration..
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string MigrationAssistantErrorStateMessage {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("MigrationAssistantErrorStateMessage", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Nothing to see here!.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.en-US.resx b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.en-US.resx
index 1a416780e16..1d1334287eb 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.en-US.resx
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.en-US.resx
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ By clicking “Continue”, you are agreeing to implement the syntax changes to
   <data name="MigrationAssistantNoChangesStateMessage" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Your code is ready to run with the Python 3 engine. Click accept and we'll switch to the Python 3 engine for you.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="MigrationAssistantErrorStateHeader" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>There is an error in your code!</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="MigrationAssistantErrorStateMessage" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Fix all errors before attempting code migration.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="PackagedCustomNodesHeader" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Packaged</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.resx b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.resx
index 1a416780e16..1d1334287eb 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ By clicking “Continue”, you are agreeing to implement the syntax changes to
   <data name="MigrationAssistantNoChangesStateMessage" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Your code is ready to run with the Python 3 engine. Click accept and we'll switch to the Python 3 engine for you.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="MigrationAssistantErrorStateHeader" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>There is an error in your code!</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="MigrationAssistantErrorStateMessage" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Fix all errors before attempting code migration.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="PackagedCustomNodesHeader" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Packaged</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.csproj b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.csproj
index 67ba76eb8b9..d3eb0378ebf 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.csproj
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.csproj
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Controls\SideBySideControl.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>SideBySideControl.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Differ\DiffStateToVisibilityConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Differ\IDiffViewViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Differ\InLineViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Differ\RichTextBoxHandler.cs" />