diff --git a/lib/bolognese/cli.rb b/lib/bolognese/cli.rb
index 1f0eeed8..8f2a899b 100644
--- a/lib/bolognese/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/bolognese/cli.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def convert(input)
                               from: options[:from],
                               regenerate: options[:regenerate],
                               style: options[:style],
-                              locale: options[:locale])
+                              locale: options[:locale],
+                              show_errors: options[:show_errors])
       to = options[:to] || "schema_org"
 
       if options[:show_errors] && !metadata.valid?
diff --git a/lib/bolognese/metadata.rb b/lib/bolognese/metadata.rb
index 390d83d0..1ebc3d6f 100644
--- a/lib/bolognese/metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/bolognese/metadata.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Bolognese
   class Metadata
     include Bolognese::MetadataUtils
 
-    attr_accessor :string, :from, :sandbox, :meta, :regenerate, :issue
+    attr_accessor :string, :from, :sandbox, :meta, :regenerate, :issue, :show_errors
     attr_reader :doc, :page_start, :page_end
     attr_writer :id, :provider_id, :client_id, :doi, :identifiers, :creators, :contributors, :titles, :publisher, 
                 :rights_list, :dates, :publication_year, :volume, :url, :version_info,
diff --git a/lib/bolognese/writers/codemeta_writer.rb b/lib/bolognese/writers/codemeta_writer.rb
index a0849782..6ff9d35d 100644
--- a/lib/bolognese/writers/codemeta_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/bolognese/writers/codemeta_writer.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Bolognese
   module Writers
     module CodemetaWriter
       def codemeta
-        return nil unless valid?
+        return nil unless valid? || show_errors
 
         hsh = {
           "@context" => id.present? ? "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codemeta/codemeta/master/codemeta.jsonld" : nil,
diff --git a/spec/readers/datacite_json_reader_spec.rb b/spec/readers/datacite_json_reader_spec.rb
index f1e93395..4d3bef93 100644
--- a/spec/readers/datacite_json_reader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/readers/datacite_json_reader_spec.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     it "SoftwareSourceCode missing_comma" do
       input = fixture_path + "datacite_software_missing_comma.json"
-      subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input, from: "datacite_json")
+      subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input, from: "datacite_json", show_errors: true)
       expect(subject.valid?).to be false
       expect(subject.errors).to eq(["expected comma, not a string at line 4, column 11 [parse.c:381]"])
       expect(subject.codemeta).to be_nil
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
     it "SoftwareSourceCode overlapping_keys" do
       input = fixture_path + "datacite_software_overlapping_keys.json"
-      subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input, from: "datacite_json")
+      subject = Bolognese::Metadata.new(input: input, from: "datacite_json", show_errors: true)
       expect(subject.valid?).to be false
       expect(subject.errors).to eq(["The same key is defined more than once: id"])
       expect(subject.codemeta).to be_nil