diff --git a/src/oxt/globals.hpp b/src/oxt/globals.hpp
index 70c1f88..e39c280 100644
--- a/src/oxt/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/oxt/globals.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 	namespace pw3270
 	{
 
+		class uno_impl;
+
 		class session
 		{
 			public:
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@
 		class lib3270_session : public session
 		{
 			public:
-				lib3270_session();
+				lib3270_session(uno_impl *obj) throw( RuntimeException );
 				virtual ~lib3270_session();
 
 				virtual int					get_revision(void);
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@
 		class ipc3270_session : public session
 		{
 			public:
-				ipc3270_session(const char *name);
+				ipc3270_session(uno_impl *obj, const char *name) throw( RuntimeException );
 				virtual ~ipc3270_session();
 				virtual int					get_revision(void);
 				virtual LIB3270_MESSAGE 	get_state(void);
@@ -210,12 +212,12 @@
 				virtual ::sal_Int16 SAL_CALL screenTrace( ::sal_Bool state ) throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
 				virtual ::sal_Int16 SAL_CALL setSession( const ::rtl::OUString& name ) throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException);
 
+				void failed(const char *fmt, ...) throw( ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException );
+
 			private:
 
 				session *hSession;
 
-
-
 		};
 
 	};
diff --git a/src/oxt/local.cxx b/src/oxt/local.cxx
index b1a3820..6847e5e 100644
--- a/src/oxt/local.cxx
+++ b/src/oxt/local.cxx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 #endif // HAVE_SYSLOG
  }
 
- pw3270::lib3270_session::lib3270_session()
+ pw3270::lib3270_session::lib3270_session(uno_impl *obj) throw( RuntimeException )
  {
 	struct _call
 	{
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
 	if(!hModule)
 	{
-		log("%s","Error loading lib3270");
+		obj->failed("%s","Can't load lib3270");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	{
 		*call[f].entry = (void *) osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol(hModule,call[f].name);
 		if(!*call[f].entry)
-			log("Error loading lib3270::%s",call[f].name);
+			obj->failed("Error loading lib3270::%s",call[f].name);
 	}
 
 	/* Get lib3270 session handle */
diff --git a/src/oxt/main.cxx b/src/oxt/main.cxx
index 00fb3c6..a2f2500 100644
--- a/src/oxt/main.cxx
+++ b/src/oxt/main.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "globals.hpp"
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
 	#include <syslog.h>
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ Sequence< OUString > pw3270::uno_impl::getSupportedServiceNames() throw (Runtime
 
 pw3270::uno_impl::uno_impl( const Reference< XComponentContext > & xContext )
 {
-	this->hSession = new lib3270_session();
+	this->hSession = new lib3270_session(this);
 }
 
 pw3270::uno_impl::~uno_impl()
@@ -285,12 +286,35 @@ void pw3270::session::log(const char *fmt, const char *msg)
 #endif // HAVE_SYSLOG
 }
 
+void pw3270::uno_impl::failed(const char *fmt, ...) throw( ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException )
+{
+	va_list	  arg_ptr;
+	char	* msg		= (char *) malloc(1024);
+
+	va_start(arg_ptr, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(msg, 1023, fmt, arg_ptr);
+	va_end(arg_ptr);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+	openlog(PACKAGE_NAME, LOG_NDELAY, LOG_USER);
+	syslog(LOG_ERR,"%s",msg);
+	closelog();
+#endif // HAVE_SYSLOG
+
+	::rtl::OUString str = OUString(msg, strlen(msg), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8, RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_UNDEFINED_IGNORE);
+
+	free(msg);
+
+	throw Exception( str , *this );
+
+}
+
 ::sal_Int16 SAL_CALL pw3270::uno_impl::setSession( const ::rtl::OUString& name ) throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException)
 {
 	OString str = rtl::OUStringToOString( name , hSession->get_encoding() );
 
 	delete this->hSession;
-	this->hSession = new ipc3270_session(str.getStr());
+	this->hSession = new ipc3270_session(this,str.getStr());
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/oxt/remote.cxx b/src/oxt/remote.cxx
index 900bbab..e34a6dd 100644
--- a/src/oxt/remote.cxx
+++ b/src/oxt/remote.cxx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int pw3270::ipc3270_session::query_intval(const char *method)
 #endif // HAVE_DBUS
 
 
-pw3270::ipc3270_session::ipc3270_session(const char *name) : pw3270::session()
+pw3270::ipc3270_session::ipc3270_session(uno_impl *obj, const char *name) throw( RuntimeException ) : pw3270::session()
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_DBUS
 
@@ -226,13 +226,14 @@ pw3270::ipc3270_session::ipc3270_session(const char *name) : pw3270::session()
 
 	if (dbus_error_is_set(&err))
 	{
-		log("DBUS Connection Error (%s)", err.message);
+		obj->failed("DBUS Connection Error (%s)", err.message);
 		dbus_error_free(&err);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if(!conn)
 	{
-		log("%s", "DBUS Connection failed");
+		obj->failed("%s", "DBUS Connection failed");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pw3270::ipc3270_session::ipc3270_session(const char *name) : pw3270::session()
 
 	if (dbus_error_is_set(&err))
 	{
-		log("Name Error (%s)", err.message);
+		obj->failed("DBUS Name Error (%s)", err.message);
 		dbus_error_free(&err);
 		conn = NULL;
 		return;
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ pw3270::ipc3270_session::ipc3270_session(const char *name) : pw3270::session()
 
 	if(rc != DBUS_REQUEST_NAME_REPLY_PRIMARY_OWNER)
 	{
-		log("%s", "DBUS request name failed");
+		obj->failed("%s", "DBUS request name failed");
 		conn = NULL;
 		return;
 	}
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