diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
index 30fc53bb..93c8eff0 100644
--- a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                             // If there's a build error when testing, throw a test failure
                             (throw errorMessage)
                         // If there's a build error at runtime, tell the user
-                        (Vscode.window.showErrorMessage errorMessage))
+                        (showCompileError errorMessage))
                 }]
         
         // Choose where to find the custom config
diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Util.kiss b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Util.kiss
index bab158ee..9a4b617f 100644
--- a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Util.kiss
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Util.kiss
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     (awaitLet [chosenItem (_quickPick (for string strings (quickPickItem string)))]
         (when chosenItem chosenItem.label)))
 
-(function quickPickMap [:Map<String,Dynamic> stringMap]
+(function :js.lib.Promise.Thenable<Dynamic> quickPickMap [:Map<String,Dynamic> stringMap]
     (awaitLet [chosenItem (_quickPick (for =>key value stringMap (quickPickItem key (Std.string value))))]
         (when chosenItem (dictGet stringMap chosenItem.label))))
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 // Other
 
 (defAlias &call showTextDocument Vscode.window.showTextDocument)
+(defAlias &call openTextDocument Vscode.workspace.openTextDocument)
 
 // Macros for implementing commands in Kiss
 
@@ -69,11 +70,31 @@
             options ,options
             result (ChildProcess.spawnSync command args options)]
         (if result.error
-                // TODO i can't remember if this needs to be a throw for some reason,
-                // but it seems like it's supposed to be (,onError ...)(return) like below
-                (throw "Error $result.error from $command ${args}: $result.stdout $result.stderr")
+                {(,onError "Error $result.error from $command ${args}: $result.stdout $result.stderr")(return)}
             (case result.status 
                 (0 null)
                 (errCode
                     (,onError "Error code $errCode from $command ${args}: $result.stdout $result.stderr")
-                    (return))))))
\ No newline at end of file
+                    (return))
+                (null (,onError "result status is null from $command ${args}: $result.stdout $result.stderr"))))))
+
+(function :Void showCompileError [errorMessage]
+    (ifLet [compileErrors (R.distinctMatches
+                                            (R.group
+                                                (R.namedGroup "file"
+                                                    (R.repeat (R.oneOf R.anyLetter R.anyDigit (R.escape "/")) 1) // filename
+                                                    (R.escape ".kiss:")
+                                                    (R.repeat R.anyDigit 1) // line
+                                                    (R.escape ":")
+                                                    (R.optional
+                                                        (R.group 
+                                                            (R.repeat R.anyDigit 1) // column
+                                                            (R.escape ":"))))
+                                                (R.repeat R.anyChar 1))
+                                            errorMessage)]
+            {
+                (Vscode.window.showErrorMessage errorMessage)
+                (awaitLet [chosen (quickPickMap (for match compileErrors =>match.match match))]
+                    (executeCommand "workbench.action.quickOpen" (substr (chosen.namedGroup "file") 0 -1)))
+            }
+        (Vscode.window.showErrorMessage errorMessage)))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/commands/ExtensionTools.kiss b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/commands/ExtensionTools.kiss
index 49759c87..2f3ae09b 100644
--- a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/commands/ExtensionTools.kiss
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/commands/ExtensionTools.kiss
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 (function :ChildProcessSpawnSyncOptions options [] (object cwd (let [path (kvLibpath)] (path.substr 0 (- path.length 1)))))
 
 (function handleUpdateFailure [error]
-    (errorMessage "Error updating Kiss-VSCode: $error")
-    (throw error))
+    (showCompileError "Error updating Kiss-VSCode: $error")
+    (object)
+    **(throw error))
 
 (function :Void updateKissVscode [&opt _]
     (trySpawnSync "haxe" ["build.hxml"] (options) handleUpdateFailure)