diff --git a/src/py/mat3ra/utils/array.py b/src/py/mat3ra/utils/array.py
index 2766154..339c98a 100644
--- a/src/py/mat3ra/utils/array.py
+++ b/src/py/mat3ra/utils/array.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, List, Optional, Union, Sequence
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def filter_by_slice_or_index_or_indices(
 def convert_to_array_if_not(array_or_item: Union[List, Any]):
     return array_or_item if isinstance(array_or_item, list) else [array_or_item]
 
+
 def jaccard_similarity_for_strings(array_a: Sequence[str], array_b: Sequence[str]) -> float:
     """
     Compute the Jaccard similarity coefficient between two sequences of elements.
diff --git a/src/py/mat3ra/utils/extra/jinja.py b/src/py/mat3ra/utils/extra/jinja.py
index 186c94b..207e561 100644
--- a/src/py/mat3ra/utils/extra/jinja.py
+++ b/src/py/mat3ra/utils/extra/jinja.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, TemplateError
 
 
 def render_template_file(template_file_path: str, **kwargs):
@@ -33,3 +33,22 @@ def render_template_string(template_string: str, **kwargs):
     env = Environment()
     template = env.from_string(template_string)
     return template.render(**kwargs)
+
+
+def render_jinja_with_error_handling(template_string: str, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Renders a given template string with error handling.
+
+    Args:
+        template_string (str): template string
+        kwargs: variables passed to the template
+
+    Returns:
+        str
+    """
+    try:
+        return render_template_string(template_string, **kwargs)
+    except TemplateError as e:
+        return (
+            f"Error rendering template: {str(e)}\nTemplate content:\n{template_string}\nTemplate variables:\n{kwargs}"
+        )