diff --git a/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf b/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
index 9f2a74cd..f97b1f6e 100644
--- a/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/IDEApp.bf
@@ -11460,7 +11460,7 @@ namespace IDE
 			if (mTestManager != null)
 				mTestManager.BuildFailed();
 			if (mVerbosity > .Quiet)
-				OutputLineSmart("ERROR: Compile failed. Total build time: {0:0.00}s", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds / 1000.0f);
+				OutputLineSmart("ERROR-SOFT: Compile failed. Total build time: {0:0.00}s", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds / 1000.0f);
 			mLastCompileFailed = true;
 
 			if (mRunningTestScript)
diff --git a/IDE/src/ui/OutputPanel.bf b/IDE/src/ui/OutputPanel.bf
index 02e525f6..5c544766 100644
--- a/IDE/src/ui/OutputPanel.bf
+++ b/IDE/src/ui/OutputPanel.bf
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 
 		public void WriteSmart(StringView text)
 		{
-			for (var line in text.Split('\n'))
+			LineLoop: for (var line in text.Split('\n'))
 			{
 				if (@line.Pos != 0)
 					Write("\n");
@@ -302,6 +302,13 @@ namespace IDE.ui
 
 					mQueuedDisplayChanges.Add(QueuedDisplayChange(mQueuedText.Length, "ERROR".Length, (.)SourceElementType.BuildError));
 				}
+				if (line.StartsWith("ERROR-SOFT:"))
+				{
+					var str = scope:LineLoop String(line);
+					str.Replace("ERROR-SOFT", "ERROR");
+					line = str;
+					mQueuedDisplayChanges.Add(QueuedDisplayChange(mQueuedText.Length, "ERROR".Length, (.)SourceElementType.BuildError));
+				}
 				if ((line.StartsWith("WARNING:")) || (line.StartsWith("WARNING(")))
 				{
 					mQueuedDisplayChanges.Add(QueuedDisplayChange(mQueuedText.Length, "WARNING".Length, (.)SourceElementType.BuildWarning));