diff --git a/captureviewer.ini b/captureviewer.ini
index 55c153a..8931812 100644
--- a/captureviewer.ini
+++ b/captureviewer.ini
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ creations=True
 serializations=True
 game_messages=True
 normal_packets=True
+retry_with_script_component=True
diff --git a/captureviewer.pyw b/captureviewer.pyw
index a9f7b4b..c9d78bb 100644
--- a/captureviewer.pyw
+++ b/captureviewer.pyw
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class CaptureViewer(viewer.Viewer):
 		else:
 			self.parse_game_messages = BooleanVar(value=False)
 		self.parse_normal_packets = BooleanVar(value=config["parse"]["normal_packets"])
+		self.retry_with_script_component = BooleanVar(value=config["parse"]["retry_with_script_component"])
 		self.create_widgets()
 
 	def create_widgets(self):
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ class CaptureViewer(viewer.Viewer):
 		if self.enable_game_messages:
 			parse_menu.add_checkbutton(label="Parse Game Messages", variable=self.parse_game_messages)
 		parse_menu.add_checkbutton(label="Parse Normal Packets", variable=self.parse_normal_packets)
+		parse_menu.add_checkbutton(label="Retry parsing with script component if failed", variable=self.retry_with_script_component)
 		menubar.add_cascade(label="Parse", menu=parse_menu)
 		self.master.config(menu=menubar)
 
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ class CaptureViewer(viewer.Viewer):
 						packet = BitStream(capture.read(packet_name))
 						self.parse_normal_packet(packet_name, packet)
 
-	def parse_creation(self, packet_name, packet):
+	def parse_creation(self, packet_name, packet, is_retry=False):
 		packet.skip_read(1)
 		has_network_id = packet.read(c_bit)
 		assert has_network_id
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@ class CaptureViewer(viewer.Viewer):
 				print("Name for lot", lot, "not found")
 				lot_name = str(lot)
 			component_types = [i[0] for i in self.db.execute("select component_type from ComponentsRegistry where id == "+str(lot)).fetchall()]
+			if is_retry:
+				component_types.append(5) # script component
 			parsers = OrderedDict()
 			try:
 				component_types.sort(key=comp_ids.index)
@@ -268,7 +272,18 @@ class CaptureViewer(viewer.Viewer):
 				parser_output.text = error+"\n"+parser_output.text
 				parser_output.tags.append("error")
 			else:
-				self.parse_serialization(packet, parser_output, parsers, is_creation=True)
+				try:
+					self.parse_serialization(packet, parser_output, parsers, is_creation=True)
+				except (AssertionError, IndexError):
+					if self.retry_with_script_component and not is_retry:
+						print("retrying", packet_name)
+						del self.lot_data[lot]
+						packet._read_offset = 0
+						self.parse_creation(packet_name, packet, is_retry=True)
+						return
+					else:
+						print("retry was not able to resolve parsing error")
+						raise
 
 		obj = CaptureObject(network_id=network_id, object_id=object_id, lot=lot)
 		self.objects.append(obj)