diff --git a/controllers/MainController.js b/controllers/MainController.js
index edb6845..a18d9f2 100644
--- a/controllers/MainController.js
+++ b/controllers/MainController.js
@@ -764,14 +764,21 @@ wwt.controllers.controller('MainController',
       };
 
       $scope.playTour = function (url, edit) {
-        console.log(edit,url);
         if (!edit) {
           util.goFullscreen();
         }
-        //console.log(encodeURIComponent(url));
-        $('.finder-scope').hide();
-        wwt.wc.add_tourReady(function () {
 
+        $('.finder-scope').hide();
+        wwt.wc.add_tourError(function(e){
+          util.toggleFullScreen();
+          $scope.$applyAsync(function(){
+            wwt.tourPlaying =$rootScope.tourPlaying = false;
+          });
+          uiLibrary.showErrorMessage('There was an error loading this tour. The tour file may be damaged or inaccessible.');
+          console.warn('caught ya!',$scope,e);
+        });
+        wwt.wc.add_tourReady(function () {
+          console.log({ready:wwtlib.WWTControl.singleton.tourEdit});
           $scope.$applyAsync(function () {
             $scope.activeItem = {label: 'currentTour'};
             $scope.activePanel = 'currentTour';
@@ -782,7 +789,9 @@ wwt.controllers.controller('MainController',
             $scope.editTour();
           }
         });
+
         wwtlib.WWTControl.singleton.playTour(url);
+
         $scope.$applyAsync(function () {
           wwt.tourPlaying = $rootScope.tourPlaying = true;
           $rootScope.tourPaused = edit;
diff --git a/controllers/modals/OpenItemController.js b/controllers/modals/OpenItemController.js
index aefdb90..8086443 100644
--- a/controllers/modals/OpenItemController.js
+++ b/controllers/modals/OpenItemController.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             $('#openModal').modal('hide');
           });
         } else if (itemType === 'tour') {
-          console.log({editTour:$scope.tour.edit});
+         // console.log({editTour:$scope.tour.edit});
           $scope.playTour($scope.openItemUrl, !!$scope.tour.edit);
           $('#openModal').modal('hide');
         } else if (itemType === 'FITS image') {
diff --git a/factories/UILibrary.js b/factories/UILibrary.js
index 35c8b51..6b0031c 100644
--- a/factories/UILibrary.js
+++ b/factories/UILibrary.js
@@ -323,6 +323,17 @@
     embedVideo: embedVideo,
     annotationOpts: annotationOpts,
     showModal: showModal,
+    showErrorMessage:function(msg){
+      var scope = $rootScope.$new();
+      scope.message = msg;
+      scope.title = 'Error';
+      var props = {
+        scope:scope,
+        template:'message'
+      };
+
+      showModal(props);
+    },
     setObservingLocation:setObservingLocation
   };
 }]);
diff --git a/views/modals/loading.html b/views/modals/loading.html
index e6fc6d3..0c841a7 100644
--- a/views/modals/loading.html
+++ b/views/modals/loading.html
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@
 		<div class="modal-content">
 			
 			<div class="modal-body">
-				<img ng-src='https://wwtweb.blob.core.windows.net/webclient/wwtlogo.png' style="width:19%;height:19%;position:relative;left:-3px;margin-right:12px;" class="pull-left" localize="Microsoft WorldWide Telescope Logo"
-					 localize-only="alt" />
-				<h1 style="position:relative;top:-2px">
-					<small style="color:white">Microsoft<sup>&reg;</sup> Research</small><br />
-					World<span style="color:#6ba9e6">Wide Telescope</span>
-				</h1>
-				<h3 localize="Content Loading. Please Wait..."></h3>
+
 				
 				
 			</div>
diff --git a/views/modals/message.html b/views/modals/message.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1760deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/modals/message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<div class="modal-header" data-movable="1" data-movable-target=".modal-dialog">
+  <h5>
+    <i class="fa fa-close pull-right" ng-click="$hide()"></i>
+    <span localize="{{title}}"></span>
+  </h5>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-body" >
+  <p style="margin:25px 0" localize="{{message}}"></p>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-footer" style="border: none">
+  <a class="btn" data-dismiss="modal" style="width:80px" localize="Close" ng-click="$hide()"></a>
+</div>