diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index 0f3c4832..fabd469b 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -2042,7 +2042,11 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				bottomProgBar.Maximum = int.Parse(args.Status.Split(" ".ToCharArray())[0]);
 			}
 			else
-				if(!args.Status.Contains("SubFormat"))bottomProgBar.Value++;
+			{
+				if (args.Status.StartsWith("Error"))
+					MessageBox.Show(args.Status, "Error Loading Format", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+				else if (!args.Status.Contains("SubFormat")) bottomProgBar.Value++;
+			}
 			bottomProgBar.Text = args.Status;
 			bottomProgBar.TextVisible = true;
 			Application.DoEvents();