diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
index 610a03ce3..a1851fd50 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class Translator {
             return output;
         } catch (ParseError e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Parse error: " + e);
-            return "parse error"; // TODO: no no no
+            return "parse error: " + e.getMessage(); // TODO: no no no
         }
     }