diff --git a/modules/otclient/otclient.otmod b/modules/otclient/otclient.otmod
index c5425b89..22a2841a 100644
--- a/modules/otclient/otclient.otmod
+++ b/modules/otclient/otclient.otmod
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ Module
     - textmessage
     - chat
     - outfit
-
+    - tibiafiles
diff --git a/modules/tibiafiles b/modules/tibiafiles
deleted file mode 160000
index 8bb3b7d6..00000000
--- a/modules/tibiafiles
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 8bb3b7d6d86e561be4622fbe7dbef208446a0319
diff --git a/src/framework/core/logger.cpp b/src/framework/core/logger.cpp
index 2c8dde75..3210801c 100644
--- a/src/framework/core/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/core/logger.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "eventdispatcher.h"
+#include <framework/platform/platform.h>
 
 Logger g_logger;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ void Logger::log(Fw::LogLevel level, std::string message)
 
     if(level == Fw::LogFatal) {
         m_terminated = true;
+        g_platform.displayFatalError(message);
         exit(-1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/framework/core/modulemanager.cpp b/src/framework/core/modulemanager.cpp
index 8e861417..cd09bedf 100644
--- a/src/framework/core/modulemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/core/modulemanager.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void ModuleManager::discoverAndLoadModules()
     for(const ModulePtr& module : m_modules) {
         if(!module->isLoaded() && module->autoLoad()) {
             if(!module->load())
-                logFatal("cannot continue to run");
+                logFatal("A required module has failed to load, cannot continue to run.");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
index ecf5e12e..3dd2539e 100644
--- a/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/core/resourcemanager.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void ResourceManager::init(const char* argv0, const char *appName)
     }
 
     if(!found)
-        logFatal("could not find modules directory");
+        logFatal("Could not find modules directory.");
 
     // setup write directory
     std::string dir = g_platform.getAppUserDir();
diff --git a/src/framework/platform/platform.h b/src/framework/platform/platform.h
index 1127c823..409b8aba 100644
--- a/src/framework/platform/platform.h
+++ b/src/framework/platform/platform.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public:
     /// Get the app user directory, the place to save files configurations files
     std::string getAppUserDir();
 
+    void displayFatalError(const std::string& message);
+
 private:
     int m_lastTicks;
 };
diff --git a/src/framework/platform/win32platform.cpp b/src/framework/platform/win32platform.cpp
index 744e5c56..62110e4d 100644
--- a/src/framework/platform/win32platform.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/platform/win32platform.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void Platform::init(PlatformListener* platformListener, const char *appName)
     wc.lpszClassName            = win32.appName.c_str();                        // Set The Class Name
 
     if(!RegisterClassA(&wc))
-        logFatal("FATAL ERROR: Failed to register the window class.");
+        logFatal("Failed to register the window class.");
 
     // force first tick
     updateTicks();
@@ -737,3 +737,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+void Platform::displayFatalError(const std::string& message)
+{
+    MessageBoxA(NULL, message.c_str(), "Fatal Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/framework/platform/x11platform.cpp b/src/framework/platform/x11platform.cpp
index 2aa31325..f2380371 100644
--- a/src/framework/platform/x11platform.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/platform/x11platform.cpp
@@ -962,3 +962,8 @@ std::string Platform::getAppUserDir()
         logError("Couldn't create directory for saving configuration file. (",sdir.str(),")");
     return sdir.str();
 }
+
+void Platform::displayFatalError(const std::string& message)
+{
+    // nothing to do
+}
diff --git a/src/otclient/otclient.cpp b/src/otclient/otclient.cpp
index a965f429..9929dec7 100644
--- a/src/otclient/otclient.cpp
+++ b/src/otclient/otclient.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ void OTClient::init(std::vector<std::string> args)
     // initialize event dispatcher
     g_dispatcher.init();
 
-    // initialize network
-    //g_network.init();
-
     // initialize the ui
     g_ui.init();
 
@@ -91,6 +88,11 @@ void OTClient::init(std::vector<std::string> args)
     // discover and load modules
     g_modules.discoverAndLoadModules();
     g_modules.getModule("otclient")->load();
+    ModulePtr tibiaFilesModule = g_modules.getModule("tibiafiles");
+    if(!tibiaFilesModule || !tibiaFilesModule->isLoaded()) {
+        logFatal("Could not find or load 'tibiafiles' module, this module contains SPR and DAT files.\n"
+                 "Please download it and place in modules directory, then try running again.");
+    }
 
     // now that everything is initialized, setup configurations
     setupConfigurations();