diff --git a/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/Account.java b/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/Account.java
index 6d5b4b1..ba7e9b8 100644
--- a/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/Account.java
+++ b/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/Account.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public Config getConfig() {
      */
     public void handlerDisconnected(final String reason) {
         for (UserSocket socket : getUserSockets()) {
-            socket.sendLine("Error :Error connecting: " + reason, false);
+            socket.sendLine("ERROR : " + reason, false);
             socket.close();
         }
         myConnectionHandler = null;
diff --git a/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/servers/irc/IRCConnectionHandler.java b/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/servers/irc/IRCConnectionHandler.java
index 0a9efe7..4439550 100644
--- a/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/servers/irc/IRCConnectionHandler.java
+++ b/src/uk/org/dataforce/dfbnc/servers/irc/IRCConnectionHandler.java
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ public void onConnectError(final Parser tParser, final ParserError errorInfo) {
                 description = "Unknown error: " + exception.getMessage();
             }
         }
-        myAccount.handlerDisconnected(description);
+        myAccount.handlerDisconnected("Connection error: " + description);
     }
 
     /**