diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/include/qDefs.h b/slsDetectorGui/include/qDefs.h
index 614115073..bf5d29634 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/include/qDefs.h
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/include/qDefs.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #define QDEFS_H
 
 #include "sls_detector_defs.h"
-#include "error_defs.h"
 #include "slsDetector.h"
 #include "multiSlsDetector.h"
 #include <string>
@@ -179,55 +178,36 @@ static const int64_t GUI_VERSION=0x20121213;
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	/**checks error mask and displays the message if it exists
+	/**gets error mask and displays the message if it exists
 	 * @param myDet is the multidetector object
 	 /returns error message else an empty string
 	 * */
 	static string checkErrorMessage(multiSlsDetector*& myDet){
 
-		int multiMask,slsMask=0;
-		MessageIndex errorLevel= WARNING;
-		slsDetector *det;
+
+		int errorLevel= (int)WARNING;
 		string retval="";
-		char sNumber[100];
 		size_t pos;
 
-		//multidetector error mask
-		multiMask = myDet->getErrorMask();
-		if(multiMask){
-			retval.append("<nobr>");
-			//check every sls detector
-			for(int i=0;i<myDet->getNumberOfDetectors();i++){
-				slsMask=0;
-				//if the detector has error
-				if(multiMask&(1<<i)){
-					//append detector id
-					sprintf(sNumber,"%d",i);
-					retval.append("Detector " + string(sNumber)+string(":<br>"));
-					//get sls det error mask
-					det = myDet->getSlsDetector(i);
-					slsMask=det->getErrorMask();
-#ifdef VERYVERBOSE
-					//append sls det error mask
-					sprintf(sNumber,"0x%x",slsMask);
-					retval.append("Error Mask " + string(sNumber)+string("\n"));
-#endif
-					//get the error critical level
-					if((slsMask>0xFFFF)|errorLevel)
-						errorLevel = CRITICAL;
-					//append error message
-					retval.append(string("<font color=\"darkBlue\">") + errorDefs::getErrorMessage(slsMask)+string("</font>"));
-					//replace all \n with <br>
-					pos = 0;
-					while((pos = retval.find("\n", pos)) != string::npos){
-						retval.replace(pos, 1, "<br>");
-						pos += 1;
-					}
-				}
+
+		retval = myDet->getErrorMessage(errorLevel);
+
+		if(!retval.empty()){
+
+			//replace all \n with <br>
+			pos = 0;
+			while((pos = retval.find("\n", pos)) != string::npos){
+				retval.replace(pos, 1, "<br>");
+				pos += 1;
 			}
-				retval.append("</nobr>");
-				qDefs::Message(errorLevel,retval,"Main");
+
+			retval.insert(0,"<font color=\"darkBlue\">");
+			retval.append("</font></nobr>");
+
+			//display message
+			qDefs::Message((MessageIndex)errorLevel,retval,"Main");
 		}
+
 		return retval;
 	};
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
index a4aa73381..833d58980 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDetectorMain.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "multiSlsDetector.h"
 #include "sls_detector_defs.h"
 #include "svnInfoGui.h"
-#include "error_defs.h"
 // Qt Include Headers
 #include <QSizePolicy>
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -234,9 +233,9 @@ void qDetectorMain::SetUpDetector(const string fName){
 	}
 	setWindowTitle("SLS Detector GUI : "+
 			QString(slsDetectorBase::getDetectorType(detType).c_str())+	" - "+QString(host.c_str()));
-#ifdef VERBOSE
+//#ifdef VERBOSE
 	cout << endl << "Type : " << slsDetectorBase::getDetectorType(detType) << "\nDetector : " << host << endl;
-#endif
+//#endif
 	myDet->setOnline(slsDetectorDefs::ONLINE_FLAG);
 
 }