diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServer b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServer
index 6beec792f..6cada7333 100755
Binary files a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServer and b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/bin/eigerDetectorServer differ
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiverInterface/receiverInterface.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiverInterface/receiverInterface.cpp
index b244cdadc..11f17fceb 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiverInterface/receiverInterface.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiverInterface/receiverInterface.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ int receiverInterface::sendInt(int fnum, int &retval, int arg){
 
 int receiverInterface::getInt(int fnum, int &retval){
 	int ret = slsDetectorDefs::FAIL;
+	char mess[100] = "";
 
 	dataSocket->SendDataOnly(&fnum,sizeof(fnum));
 	dataSocket->ReceiveDataOnly(&ret,sizeof(ret));
+	if (ret==slsDetectorDefs::FAIL){
+		dataSocket->ReceiveDataOnly(mess,sizeof(mess));
+		std::cout<< "Receiver returned error: " << mess << std::endl;
+	}
 	dataSocket->ReceiveDataOnly(&retval,sizeof(retval));
 	dataSocket->Disconnect();