diff --git a/lib/safe_code/validator.ex b/lib/safe_code/validator.ex
index 80aef8a..080aca1 100644
--- a/lib/safe_code/validator.ex
+++ b/lib/safe_code/validator.ex
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ defmodule SafeCode.Validator do
     |> validate_quoted(opts)
   end
 
+  @spec validate_heex(binary, keyword) :: {:ok, ast :: Macro.t()} | {:error, Exception.t()}
+  def validate_heex(heex, opts \\ []) when is_binary(heex) do
+    quoted =
+      heex
+      |> HeexParser.parse_template()
+      |> validate_quoted(include_phoenix(opts))
+
+    {:ok, quoted}
+  rescue
+    error -> {:error, error}
+  end
+
   def validate_heex!(heex, opts \\ []) when is_binary(heex) do
     heex
     |> HeexParser.parse_template()
diff --git a/test/safe_code/validator_test.exs b/test/safe_code/validator_test.exs
index dea53da..56072cc 100644
--- a/test/safe_code/validator_test.exs
+++ b/test/safe_code/validator_test.exs
@@ -33,6 +33,45 @@ defmodule SafeCode.ValidatorTest do
   end
 
   describe "validate_heex/1" do
+    test "basic" do
+      heex = """
+      hello <%= 1 + 1 %> how <%= 2+2 %> are you
+      """
+
+      assert {:ok, _quoted} = Validator.validate_heex(heex)
+    end
+
+    test "for loop" do
+      heex = """
+      <%= for foo <- bar do %>
+        <%= foo %>
+      <% end %>
+      """
+
+      assert {:ok, _quoted} = Validator.validate_heex(heex)
+    end
+
+    test "return the error tuple when invalid template" do
+      heex = """
+      <div>
+        hello <%= 1 + 1 %> how <%= 2+2 %> are you
+      """
+
+      assert {:error, %Phoenix.LiveView.HTMLTokenizer.ParseError{} = error} = Validator.validate_heex(heex)
+      assert error.description == "end of template reached without closing tag for <div>"
+    end
+
+    test "return an error tuple on problem function" do
+      str = """
+      <%= System.cmd("touch", ["foo"]) %>
+      """
+
+      assert {:error, %InvalidNode{} = error} = Validator.validate_heex(str)
+      assert error.message == "System . :cmd\n\nast:\n{:., [line: 1], [{:__aliases__, [line: 1], [:System]}, :cmd]}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "validate_heex!/1" do
     test "basic" do
       heex = """
       hello <%= 1 + 1 %> how <%= 2+2 %> are you