diff --git a/lib/converter.js b/lib/converter.js
index 2c9b900..b0d8008 100644
--- a/lib/converter.js
+++ b/lib/converter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var coffee = require('coffee-script');
+var coffeelint = require('coffeelint');
+var reporter = require('coffeelint-stylish').reporter;
 var glob = require('glob');
 
 exports.convert = function(logger, projectDir, options) {
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ exports.convert = function(logger, projectDir, options) {
             try {
                 var coffeeContents = fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
                 var jsContents = coffee.compile(coffeeContents, { bare: 'true' });
+                // nicely print out lint errors
+                reporter(filePath, coffeelint.lint(coffeeContents));
             } catch (e) {
                 reject(new Error(filePath + ' CoffeeScript failed. Error: ' + e));
                 return;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cadc186..c08eb1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "coffee-script": "*",
+    "coffeelint": "*",
+    "coffeelint-stylish": "*",
     "glob": "*",
     "nativescript-hook": "^0.2.0"
   }