diff --git a/tools/builder/Main.cs b/tools/builder/Main.cs
index 1a6629ed..5fb74963 100644
--- a/tools/builder/Main.cs
+++ b/tools/builder/Main.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ namespace builder
 				bld = new Win32Builder(cfg);
 			}
 
-			bld.BuildPackage(new PkgCore());
+			try
+			{
+				bld.BuildPackage(new PkgCore());
+			} 
+			catch (System.Exception e) 
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("Build failed: " + e.Message);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/builder/Win32Builder.cs b/tools/builder/Win32Builder.cs
index c3e72aa2..0d1b5ddb 100644
--- a/tools/builder/Win32Builder.cs
+++ b/tools/builder/Win32Builder.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ namespace builder
 			info.WorkingDirectory = path;
 			info.FileName = cfg.BuilderPath;
 			info.UseShellExecute = false;
+			info.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
+			info.RedirectStandardError = true;
 
 			if (cfg.BuildOptions != null)
 			{
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ namespace builder
 			info.Arguments += "/rebuild " + lib.ReleaseBuild + " " + projectFile;
 
 			Process p = Process.Start(info);
+			Console.WriteLine(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());
 			p.WaitForExit();
 			p.Close();