diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/results.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/results.ts
index 9c67bbcd42b6..d5b784989b87 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/results.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cache/results.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export class ResultsCache {
   private version: string = version
   private root = '/'
 
+  public getCachePath() {
+    return this.cachePath
+  }
+
   setConfig(root: string, config: ResolvedConfig['cache']) {
     this.root = root
     if (config)
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index f2a764c45f98..96151367da32 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ export class Vitest {
       await cleanCoverage(resolved.coverage, resolved.coverage.clean)
 
     this.state.results.setConfig(resolved.root, resolved.cache)
-    await this.state.results.readFromCache()
+    try {
+      await this.state.results.readFromCache()
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      this.error(`[vitest] Error, while trying to parse cache in ${this.state.results.getCachePath()}:`, err)
+    }
   }
 
   getSerializableConfig() {