diff --git a/app/helpers/static-text.ts b/app/helpers/static-text.ts
index 5e6dc82..2c4a544 100644
--- a/app/helpers/static-text.ts
+++ b/app/helpers/static-text.ts
@@ -88,13 +88,15 @@ export const modsText = {
   missingManifestAttributesError: (path: string, attributes: string[]) =>
     `Manifest ${path} missing attributes "${attributes.join('", "')}"`,
   modLoadError: (errors: string[]) =>
-    `Failed to load mod. Errors: ${errors.join(' || ')}`,
+    `Encountered problems loading the mod: ${errors.join(' || ')}`,
   actionError: (action: string, error: string) =>
     `Error executing mod ${action}: ${error}`,
   duplicateModError: (modUniqueName: string) =>
     `Found multiple mods with the same uniqueName (${modUniqueName}). Open the mods directory and make sure you only have one copy of each mod.`,
   brokenManifestError: (directoryName: string) =>
     `Failed to read manifest.json in mod directory "${directoryName}". Reinstall the mod or contact the mod author to fix this issue.`,
+  brokenConfigError: (error: string) =>
+    `Failed to read mod configuration files: "${error}"`,
 };
 
 export const settingsText = {
diff --git a/app/services/mod-config.ts b/app/services/mod-config.ts
index 66c8677..4869ead 100644
--- a/app/services/mod-config.ts
+++ b/app/services/mod-config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { debugConsole } from '../helpers/console-log';
+import { modsText } from '../helpers/static-text';
 
 function getDefaultConfigPath(mod: Mod) {
   return `${mod.modPath}/default-config.json`;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export function getConfig(mod: Mod) {
     const config: ModConfig = fs.readJsonSync(getConfigPath(mod));
     return config;
   } catch (error) {
-    debugConsole.error('error trying to get config', error);
+    mod.errors.push(modsText.brokenConfigError(error));
     return undefined;
   }
 }