diff --git a/src/substrait/textplan/SymbolTablePrinter.cpp b/src/substrait/textplan/SymbolTablePrinter.cpp
index 2faa1c85..bfa68709 100644
--- a/src/substrait/textplan/SymbolTablePrinter.cpp
+++ b/src/substrait/textplan/SymbolTablePrinter.cpp
@@ -715,14 +715,17 @@ ::substrait::proto::Plan SymbolTablePrinter::outputToBinaryPlan(
     if (relationData->newPipelines.empty()) {
       *relation->mutable_root()->mutable_input() = relationData->relation;
     } else {
-      // This is a root node, copy the first node in before iterating.
-      auto inputRelationData = ANY_CAST(
-          std::shared_ptr<RelationData>, relationData->newPipelines[0]->blob);
-      *relation->mutable_root()->mutable_input() = inputRelationData->relation;
-
-      addInputsToRelation(
-          *relationData->newPipelines[0],
-          relation->mutable_root()->mutable_input());
+      if (relationData->newPipelines[0]->type != SymbolType::kRoot) {
+        // This is a root node, copy the first node in before iterating.
+        auto inputRelationData = ANY_CAST(
+            std::shared_ptr<RelationData>, relationData->newPipelines[0]->blob);
+        *relation->mutable_root()->mutable_input() =
+            inputRelationData->relation;
+
+        addInputsToRelation(
+            *relationData->newPipelines[0],
+            relation->mutable_root()->mutable_input());
+      }
 
       const auto& rootSymbol =
           symbolTable.nthSymbolByType(0, SymbolType::kRoot);
diff --git a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/ParseText.cpp b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/ParseText.cpp
index 554e4a26..3a19d3cc 100644
--- a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/ParseText.cpp
+++ b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/ParseText.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ ParseResult parseStream(antlr4::ANTLRInputStream stream) {
       *visitor->getSymbolTable(), visitor->getErrorListener());
   try {
     pipelineVisitor->visitPlan(tree);
+  } catch (std::invalid_argument ex) {
+    // Catches the any_cast exception and logs a useful error message.
+    errorListener.syntaxError(
+        &parser,
+        nullptr,
+        /*line=*/1,
+        /*charPositionInLine=*/1,
+        ex.what(),
+        std::current_exception());
   } catch (...) {
     errorListener.syntaxError(
         &parser,
diff --git a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor.cpp b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor.cpp
index a08c682e..eeea37bf 100644
--- a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ std::any SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor::visitPipeline(
 
   // Refetch our symbol table entry to make sure we have the latest version.
   auto* symbol = symbolTable_->lookupSymbolByName(relationName);
+  if (symbol->blob.type() != typeid(std::shared_ptr<RelationData>)) {
+    return defaultResult();
+  }
   auto relationData = ANY_CAST(std::shared_ptr<RelationData>, symbol->blob);
 
   // Check for accidental cross-pipeline use.
@@ -103,6 +106,9 @@ std::any SubstraitPlanPipelineVisitor::visitPipeline(
   }
   const SymbolInfo* rightmostSymbol = rightSymbol;
   if (*rightSymbol != SymbolInfo::kUnknown) {
+    if (rightSymbol->blob.type() != typeid(std::shared_ptr<RelationData>)) {
+errorListener_->addError(ctx->getStart(), "blah");
+    }
     auto rightRelationData =
         ANY_CAST(std::shared_ptr<RelationData>, rightSymbol->blob);
     if (rightRelationData->pipelineStart != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/tests/TextPlanParserTest.cpp b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/tests/TextPlanParserTest.cpp
index 25e3baa6..e3fc2f68 100644
--- a/src/substrait/textplan/parser/tests/TextPlanParserTest.cpp
+++ b/src/substrait/textplan/parser/tests/TextPlanParserTest.cpp
@@ -1030,6 +1030,28 @@ std::vector<TestCase> getTestCases() {
               HasSymbolsWithTypes(
                   {"read", "project", "root"}, {SymbolType::kRelation}),
               ParsesOk()),
+
+      },
+      {
+          "test18-root-and-read",
+          R"(pipelines {
+            root -> read;
+          }
+
+          read relation read {
+            base_schema schemaone;
+            source mynamedtable;
+          }
+
+          root {
+            names = [
+              apple,
+            ]
+          })",
+          AsBinaryPlan(EqualsProto<::substrait::proto::Plan>(
+              R"(relations: {
+                root { names: "apple" }
+              })")),
       },
   };
   return cases;