diff --git a/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResult.php b/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResult.php
index 04a75488..000d2e70 100644
--- a/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResult.php
+++ b/src/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResult.php
@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ class PhpUnitResult
     public function parse()
     {
         $rawResults = file_get_contents($this->outputFile);
-        if (empty($rawResults)) {
-            throw new \Exception('No test executed.');
-        }
-        if ($rawResults[0] == '{') {
+
+        $events = [];
+        if ($rawResults && $rawResults[0] == '{') {
             $fixedJson = '[' . str_replace('}{', '},{', $rawResults) . ']';
             $events    = json_decode($fixedJson, true);
-        } else {
+        } elseif ($rawResults) {
             $events = json_decode($rawResults, true);
         }
 
@@ -54,14 +53,12 @@ class PhpUnitResult
         $this->errors   = [];
         $this->failures = 0;
 
-        if (is_array($events)) {
+        if ($events) {
             foreach ($events as $event) {
-                if ($event['event'] == self::EVENT_TEST) {
+                if (isset($event['event']) && $event['event'] == self::EVENT_TEST) {
                     $this->results[] = $this->parseEvent($event);
                 }
             }
-        } else {
-            throw new \Exception('Failed to parse the JSON output.');
         }
 
         return $this;
diff --git a/tests/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResultTest.php b/tests/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResultTest.php
index c81ef4b6..95eab8dd 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResultTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCensor/Plugin/Util/PhpUnitResultTest.php
@@ -36,13 +36,4 @@ class PhpUnitResultTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(PhpUnitResult::SEVERITY_SKIPPED, $output[11]['severity']);
         $this->assertContains('Skipped Test:', $output[11]['message']);
     }
-
-    public function testParseFailure()
-    {
-        $this->setExpectedException('\Exception', 'Failed to parse the JSON output');
-
-        $buildPath = '/path/to/build';
-        $parser = new PhpUnitResult(ROOT_DIR . 'tests/PHPCensor/Plugin/SampleFiles/invalid_format.txt', $buildPath);
-        $parser->parse();
-    }
 }