diff --git a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IssueSuite.scala b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IssueSuite.scala
index 78e7d6f8..bf6640c8 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IssueSuite.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IssueSuite.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class IssueSuite extends IntegrationSuiteBase {
         StructField("num", IntegerType, nullable = false)
       )
     )
-    val tt: String = "test_table_123"//s"tt_$randomSuffix"
+    val tt: String = s"tt_$randomSuffix"
     try {
       sparkSession.createDataFrame(
         sparkSession.sparkContext.parallelize(
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ class IssueSuite extends IntegrationSuiteBase {
         .option("dbtable", tt)
         .load()
 
-      //loadDf.show()
-      //print(s"-------------> size: ${loadDf.collect().length}")
       assert(loadDf.collect().length == 4)
 
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/OnErrorSuite.scala b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/OnErrorSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fb0c9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/OnErrorSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package net.snowflake.spark.snowflake
+
+import net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeSQLException
+import net.snowflake.spark.snowflake.Utils.SNOWFLAKE_SOURCE_NAME
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{Row, SaveMode}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StringType, StructField, StructType}
+
+class OnErrorSuite extends IntegrationSuiteBase{
+  lazy val table = "test_table"//s"spark_test_table_$randomSuffix"
+
+  lazy val schema = new StructType(
+    Array(
+      StructField("var", StringType, nullable = false)
+    )
+  )
+
+
+  lazy val df = sqlContext.createDataFrame(
+    sc.parallelize(
+      Seq(
+        Row("{\"dsadas\nadsa\":12311}"),
+        Row("{\"abc\":334}")
+      ) //invalid json key
+    ),
+    schema
+  )
+
+  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    super.beforeAll()
+    jdbcUpdate(s"create or replace table $table(var variant)")
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    jdbcUpdate(s"drop table $table")
+    super.afterAll()
+  }
+
+  test("continue_on_error off") {
+
+    assertThrows[SnowflakeSQLException]{
+      df.write
+        .format(SNOWFLAKE_SOURCE_NAME)
+        .options(connectorOptionsNoTable)
+        .option("dbtable", table)
+        .mode(SaveMode.Append)
+        .save()
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("continue_on_error on") {
+    df.write
+      .format(SNOWFLAKE_SOURCE_NAME)
+      .options(connectorOptionsNoTable)
+      .option("continue_on_error", "on")
+      .option("dbtable", table)
+      .mode(SaveMode.Append)
+      .save()
+
+    val result = sqlContext.read
+      .format(SNOWFLAKE_SOURCE_NAME)
+      .options(connectorOptionsNoTable)
+      .option("dbtable", table)
+      .load()
+
+    assert(result.collect().length == 1)
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
index 18b40af5..f9148869 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ object Parameters {
   val PARAM_PURGE              = knownParam("purge")
 
   val PARAM_TRUNCATE_TABLE     = knownParam("truncate_table")
+  val PARAM_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR  = knownParam("continue_on_error")
 
   val DEFAULT_S3_MAX_FILE_SIZE = (10 * 1000 * 1000).toString
   val MIN_S3_MAX_FILE_SIZE     = 1000000
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ object Parameters {
     // * tempdir, dbtable and url have no default and they *must* be provided
     "diststyle"       -> "EVEN",
     PARAM_USE_STAGING_TABLE -> "true",
+    PARAM_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR -> "off",
     PARAM_PREACTIONS  -> "",
     PARAM_POSTACTIONS -> "",
     PARAM_AUTO_PUSHDOWN -> "on"
@@ -503,6 +505,12 @@ object Parameters {
       * Keep the table schema
       */
     def truncateTable: Boolean = isTrue(parameters(PARAM_TRUNCATE_TABLE))
+
+    /**
+      * Set on_error parameter to continue in COPY command
+      * todo: create data validation function in spark side instead of using COPY COMMAND
+      */
+    def continueOnError: Boolean = isTrue(parameters(PARAM_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR))
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
index bc4145f8..1bd9fcdc 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
@@ -183,7 +183,20 @@ private[io] object StageWriter {
 
         //copy
         log.debug(Utils.sanitizeQueryText(copyStatement))
-        jdbcWrapper.executeInterruptibly(conn, copyStatement)
+        //todo: handle on_error parameter on spark side
+        //jdbcWrapper.executeInterruptibly(conn, copyStatement)
+
+        //report the number of skipped files.
+        val resultSet = jdbcWrapper.executeQueryInterruptibly(conn, copyStatement)
+        if(params.continueOnError){
+          var rowSkipped: Long = 0l
+          while(resultSet.next()){
+            rowSkipped +=
+              resultSet.getLong("rows_parsed") -
+                resultSet.getLong("rows_loaded")
+          }
+          log.error(s"ON_ERROR: Continue -> Skipped $rowSkipped rows")
+        }
         Utils.setLastCopyLoad(copyStatement)
 
         //post actions
@@ -301,6 +314,8 @@ private[io] object StageWriter {
 
     val purge = if (params.purge()) "PURGE = TRUE" else ""
 
+    val onError = if (params.continueOnError) "ON_ERROR = CONTINUE" else ""
+
     /** TODO(etduwx): Refactor this to be a collection of different options, and use a mapper
       * function to individually set each file_format and copy option. */
 
@@ -320,6 +335,7 @@ private[io] object StageWriter {
        |  )
        |  $truncateCol
        |  $purge
+       |  $onError
     """.stripMargin.trim
   }