diff --git a/PepperDashEssentials/Bridges/EiscBridge.cs b/PepperDashEssentials/Bridges/EiscBridge.cs
index ed28bbfe..fe592e45 100644
--- a/PepperDashEssentials/Bridges/EiscBridge.cs
+++ b/PepperDashEssentials/Bridges/EiscBridge.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,16 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Bridges
                     Debug.Console(2, this, "'{0}' is IBridgeAdvanced", device.Key);
 
                     var advDev = device as IBridgeAdvanced;
-                    advDev.LinkToApi(Eisc, d.JoinStart, d.JoinMapKey, null);
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        advDev.LinkToApi(Eisc, d.JoinStart, d.JoinMapKey, null);
+                    }
+                    catch (NullReferenceException)
+                    {
+                        Debug.ConsoleWithLog(0, this,
+                            "Please update the bridge config to use EiscBridgeAdvanced with this device: {0}", device.Key);
+                    }
                     //if (device.GetType().GetCType().IsAssignableFrom(typeof (IBridge)))
                     //{
                     //    var bridge = device as IBridge;
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Plugins/PluginLoader.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Plugins/PluginLoader.cs
index c0d84714..3e08d698 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Plugins/PluginLoader.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Plugins/PluginLoader.cs	
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials
                         }
                         catch (Exception e)
                         {
-                            Debug.Console(2, "Load Plugin not found. {0} is not a plugin assembly. Exception: {1}", loadedAssembly.Name, e);
+                            Debug.Console(2, "Load Plugin not found. {0}.{2} is not a plugin factory. Exception: {1}",
+                                loadedAssembly.Name, e, type.Name);
                             continue;
                         }