diff --git a/Common/ChunkFile.h b/Common/ChunkFile.h
index d383d55f3..0c5b0c6e8 100644
--- a/Common/ChunkFile.h
+++ b/Common/ChunkFile.h
@@ -581,12 +581,18 @@ class CChunkFileReader
 public:
 	// Load file template
 	template<class T>
-	static bool Load(const std::string& _rFilename, int _Revision, T& _class) 
+	static bool Load(const std::string& _rFilename, int _Revision, T& _class, std::string* _failureReason) 
 	{
 		INFO_LOG(COMMON, "ChunkReader: Loading %s" , _rFilename.c_str());
+		_failureReason->clear();
+		_failureReason->append("LoadStateWrongVersion");
 
-		if (!File::Exists(_rFilename))
+		if (!File::Exists(_rFilename)) {
+			_failureReason->clear();
+			_failureReason->append("LoadStateDoesntExist");
+			ERROR_LOG(COMMON, "ChunkReader: File doesn't exist");
 			return false;
+		}
 				
 		// Check file size
 		const u64 fileSize = File::GetSize(_rFilename);
@@ -664,6 +670,7 @@ public:
 	static bool Save(const std::string& _rFilename, int _Revision, T& _class)
 	{
 		INFO_LOG(COMMON, "ChunkReader: Writing %s" , _rFilename.c_str());
+
 		File::IOFile pFile(_rFilename, "wb");
 		if (!pFile)
 		{
diff --git a/Core/SaveState.cpp b/Core/SaveState.cpp
index 77efef6c7..d590e0119 100644
--- a/Core/SaveState.cpp
+++ b/Core/SaveState.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "Core/MIPS/JitCommon/JitCommon.h"
 #include "Core/System.h"
 #include "UI/OnScreenDisplay.h"
+#include "i18n/i18n.h"
 
 namespace SaveState
 {
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@ namespace SaveState
 		{
 			Operation &op = operations[i];
 			bool result;
+			std::string reason;
+
+			I18NCategory *s = GetI18NCategory("Screen"); 
 
 			switch (op.type)
 			{
@@ -225,16 +229,23 @@ namespace SaveState
 				if (MIPSComp::jit)
 					MIPSComp::jit->ClearCache();
 				INFO_LOG(COMMON, "Loading state from %s", op.filename.c_str());
-				osm.Show("Loaded state", 2.0);
-				result = CChunkFileReader::Load(op.filename, REVISION, state);
+				result = CChunkFileReader::Load(op.filename, REVISION, state, &reason);
+				if(result)
+					osm.Show(s->T("Loaded State"), 2.0);
+				else {
+					osm.Show(s->T(reason.c_str(), "Load savestate failed"), 2.0);
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case SAVESTATE_SAVE:
 				if (MIPSComp::jit)
 					MIPSComp::jit->ClearCache();
 				INFO_LOG(COMMON, "Saving state to %s", op.filename.c_str());
-				osm.Show("Saved state", 2.0);
 				result = CChunkFileReader::Save(op.filename, REVISION, state);
+				if(result)
+					osm.Show(s->T("Saved State"), 2.0);
+				else
+					osm.Show(s->T("Save State Failed"), 2.0);
 				break;
 
 			case SAVESTATE_VERIFY:
@@ -244,7 +255,6 @@ namespace SaveState
 
 			default:
 				ERROR_LOG(COMMON, "Savestate failure: unknown operation type %d", op.type);
-				result = false;
 				break;
 			}