diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8f86302..4b3132f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@
 					"type": "string",
 					"default": null,
 					"description": "The URL of the button when you are not editing a file in a Git repository. Set to null to disable."
+				},
+				"rpc.suppressNotifications": {
+					"type": "boolean",
+					"default": false,
+					"description": "Controls whether error messages should be shown to the user."
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 607d9f5f..b03d1c40 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
-import { workspace } from 'vscode';
-import { WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration } from './configuration';
+import { workspace, WorkspaceConfiguration } from 'vscode';
+
+export type WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration = WorkspaceConfiguration & {
+	id: string;
+	enabled: boolean;
+	detailsIdling: string;
+	detailsViewing: string;
+	detailsEditing: string;
+	detailsDebugging: string;
+	lowerDetailsIdling: string;
+	lowerDetailsViewing: string;
+	lowerDetailsEditing: string;
+	lowerDetailsDebugging: string;
+	lowerDetailsNoWorkspaceFound: string;
+	largeImageIdling: string;
+	largeImage: string;
+	smallImage: string;
+	removeElapsedTime: boolean;
+	ignoreWorkspaces: string[];
+	idleTimeout: number;
+	checkIdle: boolean;
+	idleText: string;
+	appName: string;
+	showProblems: boolean;
+	problemsText: string;
+	buttonEnabled: boolean;
+	buttonActiveLabel: string;
+	buttonInactiveLabel: string;
+	buttonInactiveUrl: string;
+	suppressNotifications: boolean;
+};
 
 export function getConfig(): WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration {
 	return workspace.getConfiguration('rpc') as WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration;
diff --git a/src/configuration.ts b/src/configuration.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c42e1e2c..00000000
--- a/src/configuration.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { WorkspaceConfiguration } from 'vscode';
-
-export type WorkspaceExtensionConfiguration = WorkspaceConfiguration & {
-	id: string;
-	enabled: boolean;
-	detailsIdling: string;
-	detailsViewing: string;
-	detailsEditing: string;
-	detailsDebugging: string;
-	lowerDetailsIdling: string;
-	lowerDetailsViewing: string;
-	lowerDetailsEditing: string;
-	lowerDetailsDebugging: string;
-	lowerDetailsNoWorkspaceFound: string;
-	largeImageIdling: string;
-	largeImage: string;
-	smallImage: string;
-	removeElapsedTime: boolean;
-	ignoreWorkspaces: string[];
-	idleTimeout: number;
-	checkIdle: boolean;
-	idleText: string;
-	appName: string;
-	showProblems: boolean;
-	problemsText: string;
-	buttonEnabled: boolean;
-	buttonActiveLabel: string;
-	buttonInactiveLabel: string;
-	buttonInactiveUrl: string;
-};
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index fce1d231..09ca2b2c 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export const enum CONFIG_KEYS {
 	ButtonEnabled = 'buttonEnabled',
 	ButtonActiveLabel = 'buttonActiveLabel',
 	ButtonInactiveLabel = 'buttonInactiveLabel',
-	ButtonInactiveUrl = 'buttonInactiveUrl'
+	ButtonInactiveUrl = 'buttonInactiveUrl',
+	SuppressNotifications = 'suppressNotifications'
 }
 
 export const enum REPLACE_KEYS {
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 110bf296..62210074 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ async function login() {
 
 		await rpc.destroy();
 
+		if (!config[CONFIG_KEYS.SuppressNotifications]) {
+			error?.message?.includes('ENOENT')
+				? void window.showErrorMessage('No Discord client detected')
+				: void window.showErrorMessage(
+						`Couldn't connect to Discord via RPC: ${error as string}`
+				  );
+		}
+
 		statusBarIcon.text = '$(search-refresh) Reconnect to Discord Gateway';
 		statusBarIcon.command = 'rpc.reconnect';
 	}