diff --git a/src/components/ContainerHome.react.js b/src/components/ContainerHome.react.js
index 0399c0da93..4da81d2d96 100644
--- a/src/components/ContainerHome.react.js
+++ b/src/components/ContainerHome.react.js
@@ -51,10 +51,20 @@ var ContainerHome = React.createClass({
 
     let body;
     if (this.props.container.Error) {
+      let error = this.props.container.Error.message;
+      console.log('Err: %o - %o', typeof error, error);
+      if (error.indexOf('ETIMEDOUT') !== -1) {
+        error = 'Timeout error - Try and restart your VM by running: \n"docker-machine restart default" in a terminal';
+      }
+      if (error.indexOf('ECONNREFUSED') !== -1) {
+        error = 'Is your VM up and running? Check that "docker ps" works in a terminal.';
+      }
       body = (
         <div className="details-progress error">
           <h2>We&#39;re sorry. There seems to be an error:</h2>
-          <p className="error-message">{this.props.container.Error}</p>
+          {error.split('\n').map(i => {
+            return <p className="error-message">{i}</p>;
+          })}
           <p>If this error is invalid, please file a ticket on our Github repo.</p>
           <a className="btn btn-action" onClick={this.handleErrorClick}>File Ticket</a>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/utils/DockerUtil.js b/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
index 1942791936..ffc01c2505 100644
--- a/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/DockerUtil.js
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ export default {
       if (err) {
         // socket hang up can be captured
         console.error(err);
+        containerServerActions.error({name: this.activeContainerName, err});
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/SetupUtil.js b/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
index ed624589ea..b6932a8f70 100644
--- a/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/SetupUtil.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const precreateCheckExitCode = 3;
 
 let _retryPromise = null;
 let _timers = [];
-let useNative = util.isNative() ? util.isNative() : true;
 
 export default {
   simulateProgress (estimateSeconds) {
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ export default {
   async useVbox () {
     metrics.track('Retried Setup with VBox');
     router.get().transitionTo('loading');
+    util.native = false;
     setupServerActions.error({ error: { message: null }});
     _retryPromise.resolve();
   },
diff --git a/src/utils/Util.js b/src/utils/Util.js
index 6e15f07a44..7c13bb8b84 100644
--- a/src/utils/Util.js
+++ b/src/utils/Util.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const dialog = remote.dialog;
 const app = remote.app;
 
 module.exports = {
+  native: null,
   execFile: function (args, options) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       child_process.execFile(args[0], args.slice(1), options, (error, stdout) => {
@@ -38,21 +39,20 @@ module.exports = {
     return process.platform === 'linux';
   },
   isNative: function () {
-    let native = null;
-    if (native === null) {
+    if (this.native === null) {
       try {
         // Check if file exists
         fs.statSync('/var/run/docker.sock');
-        native = true;
+        this.native = true;
       } catch (e) {
         if (this.isLinux()) {
-          native = true;
+          this.native = true;
         } else {
-          native = false;
+          this.native = false;
         }
       }
     }
-    return native;
+    return this.native;
   },
   binsPath: function () {
     return this.isWindows() ? path.join(this.home(), 'Kitematic-bins') : path.join('/usr/local/bin');