diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestPipeline.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestPipeline.java
index 8e5fedbcf6..7bd84436d6 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestPipeline.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/DataSourceIngestPipeline.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.Logger;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.MessageNotifyUtil;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.Content;
 
 /**
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@ final class DataSourceIngestPipeline {
                 logger.log(Level.INFO, "{0} analysis of {1} (jobId={2}) finished", new Object[]{module.getDisplayName(), this.job.getDataSource().getName(), this.job.getDataSource().getId()});
             } catch (Throwable ex) { // Catch-all exception firewall
                 errors.add(new IngestModuleError(module.getDisplayName(), ex));
+                String msg = ex.getMessage();
+                // Jython run-time errors don't seem to have a message, but have details in toString.
+                if (msg == null)
+                    msg = ex.toString();
+                MessageNotifyUtil.Notify.error(module.getDisplayName() + " Error", msg);
             }
             if (this.job.isCancelled()) {
                 break;
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestPipeline.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestPipeline.java
index 78db0b482d..7fb43176fc 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestPipeline.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/FileIngestPipeline.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.MessageNotifyUtil;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
 
 /**
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ final class FileIngestPipeline {
                 module.process(file);
             } catch (Throwable ex) { // Catch-all exception firewall
                 errors.add(new IngestModuleError(module.getDisplayName(), ex));
+                String msg = ex.getMessage();
+                // Jython run-time errors don't seem to have a message, but have details in toString.
+                if (msg == null)
+                    msg = ex.toString();
+                MessageNotifyUtil.Notify.error(module.getDisplayName() + " Error", msg);
             }
             if (this.job.isCancelled()) {
                 break;
@@ -144,6 +150,11 @@ final class FileIngestPipeline {
                 module.shutDown();
             } catch (Throwable ex) { // Catch-all exception firewall
                 errors.add(new IngestModuleError(module.getDisplayName(), ex));
+                String msg = ex.getMessage();
+                // Jython run-time errors don't seem to have a message, but have details in toString.
+                if (msg == null)
+                    msg = ex.toString();
+                MessageNotifyUtil.Notify.error(module.getDisplayName() + " Error", msg);
             }
         }
         this.running = false;
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/Bundle.properties b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/Bundle.properties
index 27d48af5ef..9016f7518a 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/Bundle.properties
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/Bundle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 JythonModuleLoader.errorMessages.failedToOpenModule=Failed to open {0}. See log for details.
-JythonModuleLoader.errorMessages.failedToLoadModule=Failed to load {0} from {1}.  See log for details.
\ No newline at end of file
+JythonModuleLoader.errorMessages.failedToLoadModule=Failed to load {0}.  {1}.  See log for details.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/JythonModuleLoader.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/JythonModuleLoader.java
index 860a2eaaa4..50e9895fd2 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/JythonModuleLoader.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/python/JythonModuleLoader.java
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ public final class JythonModuleLoader {
                                     objects.add( createObjectFromScript(script, className, interfaceClass));
                                 } catch (Exception ex) {
                                     logger.log(Level.SEVERE, String.format("Failed to load %s from %s", className, script.getAbsolutePath()), ex); //NON-NLS
+                                    // NOTE: using ex.toString() because the current version is always returning null for ex.getMessage().
                                     DialogDisplayer.getDefault().notify(new NotifyDescriptor.Message(
-                                            NbBundle.getMessage(JythonModuleLoader.class, "JythonModuleLoader.errorMessages.failedToLoadModule", className, script.getAbsolutePath()),
+                                            NbBundle.getMessage(JythonModuleLoader.class, "JythonModuleLoader.errorMessages.failedToLoadModule", className, ex.toString()),
                                             NotifyDescriptor.ERROR_MESSAGE));
                                 }
                             }