function reportUnparsable(filepath, loglevel) {
  try {
    // force the exception
    parseJsonWithErrors(stripBOM(fs.readFileSync(filepath)));
  } catch (e) {
    var basename = path.basename(filepath);
    blankLineMaybe(loglevel);
    embarklog[loglevel]('file', filepath);
    embarklog[loglevel]('code', `EJSONPARSE`);
    embarklog[loglevel]('JSON parse', `Failed to parse json`);
    embarklog[loglevel]('JSON parse', e.message);
    embarklog[loglevel]('JSON parse', `Failed to parse ${basename} data.`);
    embarklog[loglevel]('JSON parse', `${basename} must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.`);
  }
}