diff --git a/locales/en/messages.json b/locales/en/messages.json
index 832d04c7..84e0b32f 100644
--- a/locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/locales/en/messages.json
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@
         "message": "Show Log"
     },
 
+    "serialErrorFrameError": {
+        "message": "Serial connection error: bad framing"
+    },
+    "serialErrorParityError": {
+        "message": "Serial connection error: bad parity"
+    },
+
     "serialPortOpened": {
         "message": "Serial port <span class=\"message-positive\">successfully</span> opened with ID: $1"
     },
diff --git a/src/js/serial.js b/src/js/serial.js
index d4276182..6cd8bc9a 100644
--- a/src/js/serial.js
+++ b/src/js/serial.js
@@ -114,11 +114,12 @@ var serial = {
                             // We will do nothing.
                             break;
 
+                        case 'frame_error':
+                        case 'parity_error':
+                            GUI.log(i18n.getMessage('serialError' + inflection.camelize(info.error)));
                         case 'break': // This seems to be the error that is thrown under NW.js in Windows when the device reboots after typing 'exit' in CLI
                         case 'disconnected':
                         case 'device_lost':
-                        case 'frame_error':
-                        case 'parity_error':
                         default:
                             console.log("serial disconnecting: " + info.error);
                             CONFIG.armingDisabled = false;