diff --git a/assets/goreportcard.css b/assets/goreportcard.css
index 0e28379..ef89d03 100644
--- a/assets/goreportcard.css
+++ b/assets/goreportcard.css
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
     margin-top: 1em;
     font-weight: 600;
 }
+.results-details .error-msg {
+    margin-top: 1em;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    color: #C6761E;
+}
 #badge_dropdown {
     position: absolute;
     top: 40px;
diff --git a/check/errcheck.go b/check/errcheck.go
index b3cf0c0..0f0ef4d 100644
--- a/check/errcheck.go
+++ b/check/errcheck.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (c ErrCheck) Weight() float64 {
 
 // Percentage returns the percentage of .go files that pass gofmt
 func (c ErrCheck) Percentage() (float64, []FileSummary, error) {
-	return GoTool(c.Dir, c.Filenames, []string{"gometalinter", "--deadline=180s", "--disable-all", "--enable=errcheck"})
+	return GoTool(c.Dir, c.Filenames, []string{"gometalinter", "--deadline=180s", "--disable-all", "--linter='errch:errcheck {path}:PATH:LINE:MESSAGE'", "--enable=errch"})
 }
 
 // Description returns the description of gofmt
diff --git a/handlers/checks.go b/handlers/checks.go
index e2d73b7..2d2a735 100644
--- a/handlers/checks.go
+++ b/handlers/checks.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type score struct {
 	FileSummaries []check.FileSummary `json:"file_summaries"`
 	Weight        float64             `json:"weight"`
 	Percentage    float64             `json:"percentage"`
+	Error         string              `json:"error"`
 }
 
 type checksResp struct {
@@ -185,15 +186,17 @@ func newChecksResp(repo string, forceRefresh bool) (checksResp, error) {
 		check.License{Dir: dir, Filenames: []string{}},
 		check.Misspell{Dir: dir, Filenames: filenames},
 		check.IneffAssign{Dir: dir, Filenames: filenames},
-		check.ErrCheck{Dir: dir, Filenames: filenames},
+		// check.ErrCheck{Dir: dir, Filenames: filenames}, // disable errcheck for now, too slow and not finalized
 	}
 
 	ch := make(chan score)
 	for _, c := range checks {
 		go func(c check.Check) {
 			p, summaries, err := c.Percentage()
+			errMsg := ""
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("ERROR: (%s) %v", c.Name(), err)
+				errMsg = err.Error()
 			}
 			s := score{
 				Name:          c.Name(),
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@ func newChecksResp(repo string, forceRefresh bool) (checksResp, error) {
 				FileSummaries: summaries,
 				Weight:        c.Weight(),
 				Percentage:    p,
+				Error:         errMsg,
 			}
 			ch <- s
 		}(c)
diff --git a/templates/report.html b/templates/report.html
index c3d0102..93c2b38 100644
--- a/templates/report.html
+++ b/templates/report.html
@@ -149,23 +149,27 @@
     <div class="wrapper">
       <a name="{{{name}}}"></a><h1 class="tool-title">{{{name}}}<span class="percentage {{color percentage}}">{{percentage}}%</span></h1>
       <p class="tool-description">{{{description}}}</p>
-    {{^file_summaries}}
-      <p class="perfect">No problems detected. Good job!</p>
-    {{/file_summaries}}
-    {{#each file_summaries}}
-      <ul class="files">
-        <li class="file">
-          <ul class="errors">
-          <a href="{{this.file_url}}">{{this.filename}}</a>
-          {{#each this.errors}}
-            {{#if line_number}}
-            <li class="error"><a href="{{../../file_url}}#L{{this.line_number}}">Line {{this.line_number}}</a>: {{this.error_string}}</li>
-            {{/if}}
-          {{/each}}
-          </ul>
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-    {{/each}}
+    {{#if error}}
+        <p class="error-msg">An error occurred while running this test ({{error}})</p>
+    {{else}}
+      {{^file_summaries}}
+        <p class="perfect">No problems detected. Good job!</p>
+      {{/file_summaries}}
+      {{#each file_summaries}}
+        <ul class="files">
+          <li class="file">
+            <ul class="errors">
+            <a href="{{this.file_url}}">{{this.filename}}</a>
+            {{#each this.errors}}
+              {{#if line_number}}
+              <li class="error"><a href="{{../../file_url}}#L{{this.line_number}}">Line {{this.line_number}}</a>: {{this.error_string}}</li>
+              {{/if}}
+            {{/each}}
+            </ul>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      {{/each}}
+    {{/if}}
     </div>
     <hr>
   </script>