diff --git a/src/document-check.js b/src/document-check.js
index 17e04c181..eba44ed36 100644
--- a/src/document-check.js
+++ b/src/document-check.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import { globby } from 'globby'
+import kleur from 'kleur'
 import Listr from 'listr'
+import merge from 'merge-options'
 import { compileSnippets } from 'typescript-docs-verifier'
-import { hasTsconfig } from './utils.js'
+import { formatCode, formatError, fromRoot, hasTsconfig, readJson } from './utils.js'
 /**
  * @typedef {import("./types").GlobalOptions} GlobalOptions
  * @typedef {import("./types").DocsVerifierOptions} DocsVerifierOptions
@@ -23,33 +26,61 @@ const tasks = new Listr(
        * @param {Task} task
        */
       task: async (ctx, task) => {
-        let tsconfigPath = 'tsconfig.json'
-        let markdownFiles = ['README.md']
+        const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
 
-        if (ctx.tsConfigPath) {
-          tsconfigPath = `${ctx.tsConfigPath}/tsconfig.json`
-        }
+        if (!isWindows) {
+          const configPath = './tsconfig-doc-check.aegir.json'
 
-        if (ctx.inputFiles) {
-          markdownFiles = await globby(ctx.inputFiles)
-        }
+          let userTSConfig = {}
+          let markdownFiles = ['README.md']
+
+          if (ctx.tsConfigPath && ctx.tsConfigPath !== '.') {
+            userTSConfig = readJson(`${ctx.tsConfigPath}/tsconfig.json`)
+          } else {
+            userTSConfig = readJson(fromRoot('tsconfig.json'))
+          }
+
+          if (ctx.inputFiles) {
+            markdownFiles = await globby(ctx.inputFiles)
+          }
+
+          try {
+            fs.writeJsonSync(
+              configPath,
+              merge.apply({ concatArrays: true }, [
+                userTSConfig,
+                {
+                  compilerOptions: {
+                    target: 'esnext',
+                    module: 'esnext',
+                    noImplicitAny: true,
+                    noEmit: true
+                  }
+                }
+              ])
+            )
+
+            const results = await compileSnippets({ markdownFiles, project: configPath })
 
-        compileSnippets({ markdownFiles, project: tsconfigPath })
-          .then((results) => {
             results.forEach((result) => {
               if (result.error) {
-                console.log(`Error compiling example code block ${result.index} in file ${result.file}`)
-                console.log(result.error.message)
-                console.log('Original code:')
-                console.log(result.snippet)
+                process.exitCode = 1
+                console.log(kleur.red().bold(`Error compiling example code block ${result.index} in file ${result.file}:`))
+                console.log(formatError(result.error))
+                console.log(kleur.blue().bold('Original code:'))
+                console.log(formatCode(result.snippet, result.linesWithErrors))
               }
             })
-          })
-          .catch((error) => {
-            console.error('Error compiling TypeScript snippets', error)
-          })
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.log('Error in trying to compile Typescript code', err)
+          } finally {
+            fs.removeSync(configPath)
+            fs.removeSync(fromRoot('dist', 'tsconfig-doc-check.aegir.tsbuildinfo'))
+          }
+        } else {
+          console.log(kleur.red('The underlying plugin used for TS-doc checks currently does not support Windows OS (See Github issue https://github.com/bbc/typescript-docs-verifier/issues/26). Skipping document check.'))
+        }
       }
-
     }
   ],
   {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 710435236..b3508ec07 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import envPaths from 'env-paths'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
 import extract from 'extract-zip'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import kleur from 'kleur'
 import Listr from 'listr'
 import { minimatch } from 'minimatch'
 import lockfile from 'proper-lockfile'
@@ -513,3 +514,28 @@ async function * _glob (base, dir, pattern, options) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {Error} error
+ * @returns
+ */
+export const formatError = (error) => '  ' + error.message.split('\n').join('\n      ')
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {string} code
+ * @param {number[]} errorLines
+ * @returns
+ */
+export const formatCode = (code, errorLines) => {
+  const lines = code.split('\n').map((line, index) => {
+    const lineNumber = index + 1
+    if (errorLines.includes(lineNumber)) {
+      return kleur.red().bold(`${String(lineNumber).padStart(2)}| ${line}`)
+    } else {
+      return `${String(lineNumber).padStart(2)}| ${line}`
+    }
+  })
+  return '    ' + lines.join('\n    ')
+}
diff --git a/test/document-check.js b/test/document-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5fc243b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/document-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import { execa } from 'execa'
+import { expect } from '../utils/chai.js'
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+const bin = require.resolve('../src/index.js')
+const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
+
+describe('document check', () => {
+  // Skip tests on windows until https://github.com/bbc/typescript-docs-verifier/issues/26 is resolved
+  if (!isWindows) {
+    it('should fail for errant typescript in docs', async () => {
+      const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/document-check/ts-fail')
+
+      await expect(execa(bin, ['doc-check', '--inputFiles', `${cwd}/*.md`, '--tsConfigPath', `${cwd}`]))
+        .to.eventually.be.rejected()
+        .with.property('stdout')
+        .that.include('Error compiling example code block 1')
+    })
+
+    it('should pass for correct typescript in docs', async () => {
+      const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/document-check/pass')
+
+      await expect(execa(bin, ['doc-check', '--inputFiles', `${cwd}/*.md`])).to.eventually.be.fulfilled()
+    })
+
+    it('should fail for missing tsconfig.json', async () => {
+      const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/document-check/tsconfig-fail')
+
+      await expect(execa(bin, ['doc-check', '--inputFiles', `${cwd}/*.md`, '--tsConfigPath', `${cwd}`]))
+        .to.eventually.be.rejected()
+        .with.property('stderr')
+        .that.include('no such file or directory')
+    })
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/GOODREADME.md b/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/GOODREADME.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3097c2fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/GOODREADME.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```ts
+export const a = 1;
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b352c7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/pass/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "extends": "./../../../../src/config/tsconfig.aegir.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+	      "isolatedModules": true
+    },
+    "include": [
+      "package.json",
+      "src",
+      "test",
+      "utils"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/ANOTHERBADREADME.md b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/ANOTHERBADREADME.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b4f7fd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/ANOTHERBADREADME.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```typescript
+still.bad.code
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/BADREADME.md b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/BADREADME.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50378f397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/BADREADME.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```typescript
+   wrong.code()
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d2cb5e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/ts-fail/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "extends": "./../../../../src/config/tsconfig.aegir.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "emitDeclarationOnly": true
+    },
+    "include": [
+      "package.json",
+      "src",
+      "test",
+      "utils"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/document-check/tsconfig-fail/GOODREADME.md b/test/fixtures/document-check/tsconfig-fail/GOODREADME.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3097c2fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/document-check/tsconfig-fail/GOODREADME.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```ts
+export const a = 1;
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/node.js b/test/node.js
index ec45a8de0..986c3d25b 100644
--- a/test/node.js
+++ b/test/node.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import './docs.js'
 import './lint.js'
 import './fixtures.js'
 import './dependants.js'
+import './document-check.js'
 import './dependency-check.js'
 import './utils/echo-server.js'
 import './utils/get-port.js'