diff --git a/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer.go b/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer.go
index 6734f2a..c7fe2ef 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer.go
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ func (ps *PoliciesSynthesizer) extractConnectionsFromInfos(infos []*resource.Inf
 	for _, info := range infos {
 		err := resFinder.parseInfo(info)
 		if err != nil {
-			kind := info.Object.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind
+			kind := "<unknown>"
+			if info != nil && info.Object != nil {
+				kind = info.Object.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind
+			}
 			fileErrors = appendAndLogNewError(fileErrors, failedScanningResource(kind, info.Source, err), ps.logger)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer_test.go b/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer_test.go
index f144c9e..afbc0c5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/policies_synthesizer_test.go
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/np-guard/netpol-analyzer/pkg/netpol/manifests/fsscanner"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource"
 )
 
 func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPI(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,6 +52,49 @@ func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Remove(outFile)
 }
 
+func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIWithInfos(t *testing.T) {
+	dirPath := filepath.Join(getTestsDir(), "k8s_wordpress_example")
+	infos, errs := fsscanner.GetResourceInfosFromDirPath([]string{dirPath}, true, false)
+	require.Empty(t, errs)
+
+	synthesizer := NewPoliciesSynthesizer()
+	policies, err := synthesizer.PoliciesFromInfos(infos)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, synthesizer.Errors())
+	require.Len(t, policies, 3) // wordpress, mysql and namespace default deny
+
+	conns, err := synthesizer.ConnectionsFromInfos(infos)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, synthesizer.Errors())
+	require.Len(t, conns, 2) // internet->wordpress and wordpress->mysql
+}
+
+func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIWithInfosEmptySlice(t *testing.T) {
+	noInfos := []*resource.Info{}
+
+	synthesizer := NewPoliciesSynthesizer()
+	_, err := synthesizer.PoliciesFromInfos(noInfos)
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	_, err = synthesizer.ConnectionsFromInfos(noInfos)
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIWithInfosBadInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	badInfo1 := resource.Info{}
+	badInfo2 := resource.Info{Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{}}
+	badInfo3 := resource.Info{Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{"kind": "bad"}}}
+	badInfo4 := resource.Info{Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{"kind": "Service", "spec": []string{}}}}
+	badInfos := []*resource.Info{&badInfo1, &badInfo2, &badInfo3, &badInfo4}
+
+	synthesizer := NewPoliciesSynthesizer()
+	_, err := synthesizer.PoliciesFromInfos(badInfos)
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	_, err = synthesizer.ConnectionsFromInfos(badInfos)
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIMultiplePaths(t *testing.T) {
 	dirPath1 := filepath.Join(getTestsDir(), "k8s_wordpress_example", "mysql-deployment.yaml")
 	dirPath2 := filepath.Join(getTestsDir(), "k8s_wordpress_example", "wordpress-deployment.yaml")
@@ -57,6 +103,11 @@ func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIMultiplePaths(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Nilf(t, err, "expected no fatal errors, but got %v", err)
 	require.Empty(t, synthesizer.Errors())
 	require.Len(t, netpols, 3)
+
+	conns, err := synthesizer.ConnectionsFromFolderPath(dirPath2)
+	require.Nilf(t, err, "expected no fatal errors, but got %v", err)
+	require.Empty(t, synthesizer.Errors())
+	require.Len(t, conns, 1)
 }
 
 func TestPoliciesSynthesizerAPIDnsPort(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go b/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
index 8653d9b..d542252 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resource_finder.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (rf *resourceFinder) searchForManifests(repoDir string) ([]string, []FilePr
 // parseK8sYaml takes a YAML file and attempts to parse each of its documents into
 // one of the relevant k8s resources
 func (rf *resourceFinder) parseK8sYaml(mfp, relMfp string) []FileProcessingError {
-	infos, errs := fsscanner.GetResourceInfosFromDirPath([]string{mfp}, true, rf.stopOn1stErr)
+	infos, errs := fsscanner.GetResourceInfosFromDirPath([]string{mfp}, false, rf.stopOn1stErr)
 	fileProcessingErrors := []FileProcessingError{}
 	for _, err := range errs {
 		fileProcessingErrors = appendAndLogNewError(fileProcessingErrors, failedReadingFile(mfp, err), rf.logger)
@@ -140,10 +140,18 @@ func (rf *resourceFinder) parseK8sYaml(mfp, relMfp string) []FileProcessingError
 // the workload resource slice, the Service resource slice and the ConfigMaps resource slice
 // It also updates the set of services to be exposed when parsing Ingress or OpenShift Routes
 func (rf *resourceFinder) parseInfo(info *resource.Info) error {
+	if info == nil || info.Object == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("a bad Info object - Object field is Nil")
+	}
+
 	kind := info.Object.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Kind
 	if !acceptedK8sTypes.MatchString(kind) {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("skipping object with type: %s", kind)
 		resourcePath := info.Source
-		rf.logger.Infof("in file: %s, skipping object with type: %s", resourcePath, kind)
+		if resourcePath != "" {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("in file: %s, %s", resourcePath, msg)
+		}
+		rf.logger.Infof(msg)
 		return nil
 	}