diff --git a/Project/GNU/CLI/Makefile.am b/Project/GNU/CLI/Makefile.am
index 538690ed..e6e85341 100644
--- a/Project/GNU/CLI/Makefile.am
+++ b/Project/GNU/CLI/Makefile.am
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ TESTS = \
     test/filename.sh \
     test/test_mk.sh \
     test/test_ffv1.sh \
-    test/test_policy.sh
+    test/test_policy.sh \
+    test/test_invalid_policy.sh
 
 SAMPLES_DIR = test/SampleFiles
 
diff --git a/Project/GNU/CLI/test/test_invalid_policy.sh b/Project/GNU/CLI/test/test_invalid_policy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1c0d1138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Project/GNU/CLI/test/test_invalid_policy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PATH_SCRIPT=$(dirname "$0")
+FILES_DIRECTORY="$PATH_SCRIPT/SampleFiles/ImplementationTestFiles/Matroska"
+MC="${PWD}/mediaconch"
+MEDIA_FILE="$FILES_DIRECTORY/tiny.mkv"
+SCHEMA_FILE="$PATH_SCRIPT/../../../../Source/Resource/schema/MatroskaSchema.xml"
+
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mediaconch-policy.XXXXXX") || exit 1
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' 0
+
+RCODE=0
+
+check_invalid_policy()
+{
+    POLICY_FILE="$1"
+    EXPECTED_ERROR="$2"
+    shift 2
+
+    "${MC}" "--ImplementationSchema=$SCHEMA_FILE" -p "$POLICY_FILE" "$@" "$MEDIA_FILE" >"$TMP_DIR/stdout" 2>"$TMP_DIR/stderr"
+    STATUS=$?
+
+    if [ "$STATUS" -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "NOK: $POLICY_FILE, exited with status 0" >&9
+        RCODE=1
+    elif ! grep -F -q "$EXPECTED_ERROR" "$TMP_DIR/stderr"; then
+        echo "NOK: $POLICY_FILE, expected error not found" >&9
+        RCODE=1
+    elif [ -s "$TMP_DIR/stdout" ]; then
+        echo "NOK: $POLICY_FILE, unexpected standard output" >&9
+        RCODE=1
+    else
+        echo "OK: $POLICY_FILE" >&9
+    fi
+}
+
+printf '%s\n' \
+    '<?xml version="1.0"?>' \
+    '<!-- check -- invalid -->' \
+    '<policy type="and" name="MXF">' \
+    '  <rule name="Container is MXF" value="Format" tracktype="General" occurrence="*" operator="=">MXF</rule>' \
+    '</policy>' >"$TMP_DIR/bad_comment.xml"
+
+printf '%s\n' \
+    '<?xml version="1.0"?>' \
+    '<foo/>' >"$TMP_DIR/not_policy.xml"
+
+: >"$TMP_DIR/empty.xml"
+
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/bad_comment.xml" "The schema given cannot be parsed"
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/bad_comment.xml" "The schema given cannot be parsed" -fx
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/not_policy.xml" "The XML policy tag accepted are 'policy' or 'rule'"
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/not_policy.xml" "The XML policy tag accepted are 'policy' or 'rule'" -fj
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/empty.xml" "The schema does not exist"
+
+check_invalid_policy "$TMP_DIR/bad_comment.xml" "The schema given cannot be parsed" -ox "$TMP_DIR/report.xml"
+if [ -e "$TMP_DIR/report.xml" ]; then
+    echo "NOK: report file created for an invalid policy" >&9
+    RCODE=1
+fi
+
+exit "$RCODE"
diff --git a/Source/CLI/CLI.cpp b/Source/CLI/CLI.cpp
index 9ed451c4..a25b71ce 100644
--- a/Source/CLI/CLI.cpp
+++ b/Source/CLI/CLI.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,9 @@ void __stdcall Event_CallBackFunction(unsigned char* Data_Content, size_t Data_S
 
             cr.display_content = &display_content;
 
-            MCL.checker_get_report(cr, &result, error);
+            if (MCL.checker_get_report(cr, &result, err) < 0)
+                return CLI_RETURN_ERROR;
+
             MediaInfoLib::String report_mi = ZenLib::Ztring().From_UTF8(result.report);
 
             STRINGOUT(report_mi);
@@ -460,7 +462,9 @@ void __stdcall Event_CallBackFunction(unsigned char* Data_Content, size_t Data_S
 
                 cr.format = format;
 
-                MCL.checker_get_report(cr, &result, error);
+                if (MCL.checker_get_report(cr, &result, err) < 0)
+                    return CLI_RETURN_ERROR;
+
                 MediaInfoLib::String report_mi = ZenLib::Ztring().From_UTF8(result.report);
 
                 ZenLib::File F;
diff --git a/Source/Common/Policies.cpp b/Source/Common/Policies.cpp
index 4ee1afa6..8e99d960 100644
--- a/Source/Common/Policies.cpp
+++ b/Source/Common/Policies.cpp
@@ -1004,17 +1004,9 @@ int Policies::policy_get_policy_content(const std::string& policy, const std::ma
     ret = p->import_schema_from_memory(policy.c_str(), policy.length(), "");
     if (ret < 0)
     {
-        if (p)
-            delete p;
-
-        p = new UnknownPolicy(this, !core->accepts_https());
-        ret = p->import_schema_from_memory(policy.c_str(), policy.length(), "");
-        if (ret < 0)
-        {
-            err = p->get_error();
-            delete p;
-            return -1;
-        }
+        err = p->get_error();
+        delete p;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     ret = policy_get_policy_id(p, opts, xml_policies, xslt_policies, err);