diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53c7673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "libs/Boxer"]
+	path = libs/Boxer
+	url = https://github.com/aaronmjacobs/Boxer.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c5c32..fcd579b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.0 )
 project( Facecam2D VERSION 0.1.0 )
 set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
+add_subdirectory( "libs/Boxer" )
 find_package( libzip REQUIRED )
+find_package( fmt REQUIRED )
 find_package( WebP REQUIRED )
 find_package( OpenCV REQUIRED )
 message (STATUS "Found OpenCV at: " ${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
@@ -44,5 +46,7 @@ add_executable( fc2d
 	src/model.cpp
 	src/toml.c
 	src/tomlcpp.cpp
+	src/error.cpp
 )
-target_link_libraries( fc2d ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} ${WEBP_LIBRARIES} FreeGLUT::freeglut GLEW::glew zip )
+target_link_libraries( fc2d ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} ${WEBP_LIBRARIES}
+	FreeGLUT::freeglut GLEW::glew zip Boxer fmt )
diff --git a/libs/Boxer b/libs/Boxer
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..01c17f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/Boxer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 01c17f6a9cd66068f7890ea887ab3b9a673f0434
diff --git a/src/error.cpp b/src/error.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7be1ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#ifndef NO_GRAPHICAL_DIALOG
+#include <boxer/boxer.h>
+#endif
+
+void showError(std::string message, std::string titleMessage, bool fatal = true) {
+#ifndef NO_GRAPHICAL_DIALOG
+	boxer::show(message.c_str(), titleMessage.c_str(), boxer::Style::Error);
+#endif
+
+	std::cerr << "ERROR: " << message << std::endl;
+
+	if (fatal) {
+		std::abort();
+	}
+}
+
+void showWarning(std::string message, std::string titleMessage) {
+#ifndef NO_GRAPHICAL_DIALOG
+	boxer::show(message.c_str(), titleMessage.c_str(), boxer::Style::Warning);
+#endif
+
+	std::cerr << "WARN: " << message << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/src/error.hpp b/src/error.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aab31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef ERROR_HPP
+#define ERROR_HPP
+
+void showError(std::string message, std::string titleMessage, bool fatal = true);
+void showWarning(std::string message, std::string titleMessage);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/graphics.cpp b/src/graphics.cpp
index 939be01..02b172e 100644
--- a/src/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void initTexture (GLuint* texNum, unsigned char* buffer, size_t bufferLength) {
 		//try stb_image (png, jpg, gif, etc)
 		pixels = stbi_load_from_memory(buffer, bufferLength, &x, &y, &channels, 4);
 		if (!pixels) {
-			std::cerr << "Corrupt or unsupported texture format!" << std::endl;
+			showError("Corrupt or unsupported texture format!", "Could not load texture", false);
 
 			GLubyte defaultPixels[] =
 				{255,   0, 255, 255, 	  0,   0,   0, 255,
diff --git a/src/model.cpp b/src/model.cpp
index 6f65fe0..06d9343 100644
--- a/src/model.cpp
+++ b/src/model.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <zip.h>
+#include <fmt/core.h>
 #include <tomlcpp.hpp> //dynamically link tomlcpp if it becomes common in repositories
 #include <model.hpp>
 #include <config.hpp>
+#include <error.hpp>
 
 #define BUFFER_SIZE_MODEL_DESC	8192		// 8 KiB
 #define BUFFER_SIZE_TEXTURE	16777220	// 16 MiB
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ void textureFromArchive(zip_t* archive, const char* path, ModelPart* part, size_
 
 		delete [] textureBuffer;
 	} else {
-		std::cerr << path << " does not exist in archive!" << std::endl;
+		showError(fmt::format("Texture file \"{}\" does not exist in archive!", path), "Could not open model");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 	zip_t* archive = zip_open(path, ZIP_RDONLY, &zipError);
 
 	if (!archive) {
-		std::cerr << "Model file " << path << " does not exist!" << std::endl;
+		showError(fmt::format("Model file {} does not exist or is corrupt!", path), "Could not open model");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 	// parse model.toml
 	auto modelDesc = toml::parse(std::string(modelDescBuffer));
 	if (!modelDesc.table) {
-		std::cerr << "cannot parse model.toml! " << std::endl << modelDesc.errmsg << std::endl;
+		showError("Cannot parse model.toml:\n" + modelDesc.errmsg, "Could not open model");
 	}
 
 	// get format table
 	auto format = modelDesc.table->getTable("format");
 	if (!format) {
-		std::cerr << "Model does not have a format table!" << std::endl;
+		showError("Model does not have a format table!", "Could not open model");
 	} else {
 		// get format version
 		auto formatMajResult = format->getInt("version_major");
@@ -60,14 +62,14 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 			if (formatMajResult.second != SUPPORTED_MODEL_MAJOR ||
 				formatMinResult.second > SUPPORTED_MODEL_MINOR ) {
 
-				std::cerr << "Model format version " <<
-					formatMajResult.second << "." << formatMinResult.second <<
-					" is unsupported! This version of " << PROJECT_NAME << " supports model file version " <<
-					SUPPORTED_MODEL_MAJOR << ".0 to version " <<
-					SUPPORTED_MODEL_MAJOR << "." << SUPPORTED_MODEL_MINOR << std::endl;
+				showError(fmt::format("Model format version {0}.{1} is unsupported! This version of {2} supports model file version"
+						" {3}.0 to version {3}.{4}.",
+							formatMajResult.second, formatMinResult.second,
+							PROJECT_NAME,
+							SUPPORTED_MODEL_MAJOR, SUPPORTED_MODEL_MINOR), "Could not open model");
 			}
 		} else {
-			std::cerr << "Model does not define a format version!" << std::endl;
+			showError("Model does not define a format version!", "Could not open model");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -76,14 +78,14 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 	auto modelInfo = modelDesc.table->getTable("model_info");
 
 	if (!modelInfo) {
-		std::cerr << "Model does not have a model_info table!" << std::endl;
+		showError("Model does not have a model_info table!", "Could not open model");
 	} else {
 
 		// get name
 		auto nameResult = modelInfo->getString("name");
 
 		if (!nameResult.first) {
-			std::cerr << "Model does not have a name!" << std::endl;
+			showWarning("Model does not have a name!", "Model warning");
 		} else {
 			name = nameResult.second;
 		}
@@ -99,9 +101,7 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 
 		// position
 		auto bindResult = partsVec[i].getString("bind");
-		if (!bindResult.first) {
-			std::cerr << "Part " << i << " does not define a bind!" << std::endl;
-		} else {
+		if (bindResult.first) {
 			newPart.setBind(bindResult.second);
 		}
 
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ Model::Model(const char* path) {
 			auto textureVec = *textureArray->getTableVector().get();
 
 			if (textureVec.size() < 1) {
-				std::cerr << "Part " << i << " does not define any textures!" << std::endl;
+				showWarning(fmt::format("Part {} does not define any textures! Parts with no textures defined will"
+							" show a default \"missing texture\" pattern.", i), "Model warning");
 			} else {
 				// a list of textures with triggers were defined
 				for (int j = 0; j < textureVec.size(); j++) {