diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index 5dbea510779..69d11f1ded9 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ module ts {
             }
 
             public getChangeRange(oldSnapshot: IScriptSnapshot): TextChangeRange {
-                throw new Error("not yet implemented");
+                // Text-based snapshots do not support incremental parsing. Return undefined
+                // to signal that to the caller.
+                return undefined;
             }
         }