diff --git a/services/report/languages/simplecov.py b/services/report/languages/simplecov.py
index 17e81028b..fa19723f2 100644
--- a/services/report/languages/simplecov.py
+++ b/services/report/languages/simplecov.py
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ def from_json(json: dict, report_builder_session: ReportBuilderSession) -> None:
         )
 
         for ln, cov in enumerate(coverage_to_check, start=1):
+            if cov == "ignored":
+                # Lines that simplecov skipped are recorded as "ignored" by
+                # https://github.com/codeclimate-community/simplecov_json_formatter
+                # and we in turn record that as -1 which indicates a skipped line
+                # in our report
+                cov = -1
             _file.append(
                 ln,
                 report_builder_session.create_coverage_line(
diff --git a/services/report/report_processor.py b/services/report/report_processor.py
index 275d320ae..3326168ab 100644
--- a/services/report/report_processor.py
+++ b/services/report/report_processor.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def report_type_matching(
         processed = etree.fromstring(raw_report, parser=parser)
         if processed is not None and len(processed) > 0:
             return processed, "xml"
-    except ValueError:
+    except (ValueError, etree.XMLSyntaxError):
         pass
 
     return raw_report, "txt"