1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 799add6..c3c0aea 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 //package ui
 package main
 
-// TODO this will be system-defined
-func initpanic(err error) {
-	panic("failure during init: " + err.Error())
-}
+import (
+	"os"
+)
 
 func init() {
 	initDone := make(chan error)
 	go ui(initDone)
 	err := <-initDone
 	if err != nil {
-		initpanic(err)
+		// TODO provide copying instructions? will need to be system-specific
+		MsgBoxError("UI Library Init Failure",
+			"A failure occured during UI library initialization:\n%v\n" +
+			"Please report this to the application developer or on http://github.com/andlabs/ui.",
+			err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }