diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e0bfea2..8be5b01c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         "ethereumjs-util": "^5.2.0",
         "express": "^4.16.3",
         "flow-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.0",
+        "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.7.0",
         "git-revision-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.3",
         "hdkey": "^0.8.0",
         "history": "^4.7.2",
diff --git a/webpack/dev.babel.js b/webpack/dev.babel.js
index 1d527a7a..8d6862c1 100644
--- a/webpack/dev.babel.js
+++ b/webpack/dev.babel.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import GitRevisionPlugin from 'git-revision-webpack-plugin';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
+import FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin from 'friendly-errors-webpack-plugin';
 import FlowWebpackPlugin from 'flow-webpack-plugin';
 import WebpackBuildNotifierPlugin from 'webpack-build-notifier';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ module.exports = {
         ],
         hot: true,
         https: false,
+        quiet: true,
         port: PORT,
         stats: 'minimal',
         inline: true,
@@ -122,5 +124,6 @@ module.exports = {
         new webpack.NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin(),
         new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
         new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
+        new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin(),
     ],
 };
diff --git a/webpack/production.babel.js b/webpack/production.babel.js
index 63294226..b3fd03da 100644
--- a/webpack/production.babel.js
+++ b/webpack/production.babel.js
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import GitRevisionPlugin from 'git-revision-webpack-plugin';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
+import FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin from 'friendly-errors-webpack-plugin';
 import CopyWebpackPlugin from 'copy-webpack-plugin';
 import { SRC, BUILD, PUBLIC } from './constants';
 
+
 const gitRevisionPlugin = new GitRevisionPlugin();
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -80,5 +82,6 @@ module.exports = {
         new webpack.optimize.OccurrenceOrderPlugin(),
         new webpack.NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin(),
         new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
+        new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin(),
     ],
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4cd88623..b7fe22f4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3508,6 +3508,13 @@ error-stack-parser@^1.3.6:
   dependencies:
     stackframe "^0.3.1"
 
+error-stack-parser@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/error-stack-parser/-/error-stack-parser-2.0.2.tgz#4ae8dbaa2bf90a8b450707b9149dcabca135520d"
+  integrity sha512-E1fPutRDdIj/hohG0UpT5mayXNCxXP9d+snxFsPU9X0XgccOumKraa3juDMwTUyi7+Bu5+mCGagjg4IYeNbOdw==
+  dependencies:
+    stackframe "^1.0.4"
+
 es-abstract@^1.4.3, es-abstract@^1.6.1:
   version "1.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.12.0.tgz#9dbbdd27c6856f0001421ca18782d786bf8a6165"
@@ -4382,6 +4389,15 @@ fresh@0.5.2:
   version "0.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fresh/-/fresh-0.5.2.tgz#3d8cadd90d976569fa835ab1f8e4b23a105605a7"
 
+friendly-errors-webpack-plugin@^1.7.0:
+  version "1.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin/-/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin-1.7.0.tgz#efc86cbb816224565861a1be7a9d84d0aafea136"
+  integrity sha512-K27M3VK30wVoOarP651zDmb93R9zF28usW4ocaK3mfQeIEI5BPht/EzZs5E8QLLwbLRJQMwscAjDxYPb1FuNiw==
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^1.1.3"
+    error-stack-parser "^2.0.0"
+    string-width "^2.0.0"
+
 from2@^2.1.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/from2/-/from2-2.3.0.tgz#8bfb5502bde4a4d36cfdeea007fcca21d7e382af"
@@ -9228,6 +9244,11 @@ stackframe@^0.3.1:
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stackframe/-/stackframe-0.3.1.tgz#33aa84f1177a5548c8935533cbfeb3420975f5a4"
 
+stackframe@^1.0.4:
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stackframe/-/stackframe-1.0.4.tgz#357b24a992f9427cba6b545d96a14ed2cbca187b"
+  integrity sha512-to7oADIniaYwS3MhtCa/sQhrxidCCQiF/qp4/m5iN3ipf0Y7Xlri0f6eG29r08aL7JYl8n32AF3Q5GYBZ7K8vw==
+
 state-toggle@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/state-toggle/-/state-toggle-1.0.1.tgz#c3cb0974f40a6a0f8e905b96789eb41afa1cde3a"