diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76ebfb2c71..31740dabaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 * MISC
   * Added support for filtering resources instances at extraction time.
   FIXES [#1691](https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft365DSC/issues/1691)
+  * REPORT: Fixed an issue where if the ModuleVersion was not specified, that the file would fail to properly get parsed.
+  FIXES [#1970](https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft365DSC/issues/1970)
 
 # 1.22.720.1
 
diff --git a/Modules/Microsoft365DSC/Modules/M365DSCReport.psm1 b/Modules/Microsoft365DSC/Modules/M365DSCReport.psm1
index bf03ab9723..f9f901809f 100644
--- a/Modules/Microsoft365DSC/Modules/M365DSCReport.psm1
+++ b/Modules/Microsoft365DSC/Modules/M365DSCReport.psm1
@@ -472,16 +472,28 @@ function Compare-M365DSCConfigurations
     {
         $fileContent = Get-Content $Source -Raw
         $startPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf(" -ModuleVersion")
-        $endPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf("`r", $startPosition)
-        $fileContent = $fileContent.Remove($startPosition, $endPosition - $startPosition)
+        if ($startPosition -ge 0)
+        {
+            $endPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf("`r", $startPosition)
+            if ($endPosition -gt $startPosition)
+            {
+                $fileContent = $fileContent.Remove($startPosition, $endPosition - $startPosition)
+            }
+        }
         [Array] $SourceObject = ConvertTo-DSCObject -Content $fileContent
     }
     if (-not $DestinationObject)
     {
         $fileContent = Get-Content $Destination -Raw
         $startPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf(" -ModuleVersion")
-        $endPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf("`r", $startPosition)
-        $fileContent = $fileContent.Remove($startPosition, $endPosition - $startPosition)
+        if ($startPosition -ge 0)
+        {
+            $endPosition = $fileContent.IndexOf("`r", $startPosition)
+            if ($endPosition -gt $startPosition)
+            {
+                $fileContent = $fileContent.Remove($startPosition, $endPosition - $startPosition)
+            }
+        }
         [Array] $DestinationObject = ConvertTo-DSCObject -Content $FileContent
     }