diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
index 5e3468f06d..4b136a29dc 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Support/Program.cs
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace OpenRA
 {
 	static class Program
 	{
 		[STAThread]
-		static void Main( string[] args )
+		static void Main(string[] args)
 		{
 			// brutal hack
 			Application.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
@@ -32,19 +33,60 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			try
 			{
-				Run( args );
+				Run(args);
 			}
-			catch( Exception e )
+			catch (Exception e)
 			{
 				Log.AddChannel("exception", "exception.log");
-				Log.Write("exception", "{0}", e.ToString());
-				throw;
+				var rpt = BuildExceptionReport(e).ToString();
+				Log.Write("exception", "{0}", rpt);
+				Console.Error.WriteLine(rpt);
 			}
 		}
 
-		static void Run( string[] args )
+		static StringBuilder BuildExceptionReport(Exception e)
 		{
-			Game.Initialize( new Arguments(args) );
+			return BuildExceptionReport(e, new StringBuilder(), 0);
+		}
+
+		static void Indent(StringBuilder sb, int d)
+		{
+			sb.Append(new string(' ', d * 2));
+		}
+
+		static StringBuilder BuildExceptionReport(Exception e, StringBuilder sb, int d)
+		{
+			if (e == null) return sb;
+
+			sb.AppendFormat("Exception of type `{0}`: {1}", e.GetType().FullName, e.Message);
+
+			TypeLoadException tle;
+			if ((tle = e as TypeLoadException) != null)
+			{
+				sb.AppendLine();
+				Indent(sb, d);
+				sb.AppendFormat("TypeName=`{0}`", tle.TypeName);
+			}
+			else // TODO: more exception types
+			{
+			}
+
+			if (e.InnerException != null)
+			{
+				sb.AppendLine();
+				Indent(sb, d); sb.Append("Inner ");
+				BuildExceptionReport(e.InnerException, sb, d + 1);
+			}
+
+			sb.AppendLine();
+			Indent(sb, d); sb.Append(e.StackTrace);
+
+			return sb;
+		}
+
+		static void Run(string[] args)
+		{
+			Game.Initialize(new Arguments(args));
 			GC.Collect();
 			Game.Run();
 		}