diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for GHCiD
 
+0.3.1
+    Ensure if there are lots of warnings, the first error gets shown
 0.3
     #11, ignore certain GHCi-only warnings
     #13, fix version printing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 **Using it**
 
-Run `cabal update && cabal install ghcid` to install it as normal. Then run `ghcid --height=8 --topmost "--command=ghci Main.hs"`. The `height` is the number of lines you are going to resize your console window to (defaults to 8). The `topmost` is to make the window sit above all others, which only works on Windows. The `command` is how you start your project in `ghci`. If you omit `--command` then it will default to `ghci` if you have a `.ghci` file in the current directory, otherwise it will default to `cabal repl`.
+Run `cabal update && cabal install ghcid` to install it as normal. Then run `ghcid --height=8 --topmost "--command=ghci Main.hs"`. The `height` is the number of lines you are going to resize your console window to (defaults to height of the console). The `topmost` is to make the window sit above all others, which only works on Windows. The `command` is how you start your project in `ghci`. If you omit `--command` then it will default to `ghci` if you have a `.ghci` file in the current directory, otherwise it will default to `cabal repl`.
 
 Personally, I always create a `.ghci` file at the root of all my projects, which usually [reads something like](https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid/blob/master/.ghci):
 
diff --git a/ghcid.cabal b/ghcid.cabal
--- a/ghcid.cabal
+++ b/ghcid.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:      >= 1.10
 build-type:         Simple
 name:               ghcid
-version:            0.3
+version:            0.3.1
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 category:           Development
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 copyright:          Neil Mitchell 2014
 synopsis:           GHCi based bare bones IDE
 description:
-    Either \"GHCi as a daemon\" or \"GHC + a bit of an IDE\". A very simple Haskell development tool which shows you the errors in your project and updates them whenever you save. Run @ghcid --height=10 --topmost --command=ghci@, where @--height@ is the height of the console you will use, @--topmost@ makes the window on top of all others (Windows only) and @--command@ is the command to start GHCi on your project.
+    Either \"GHCi as a daemon\" or \"GHC + a bit of an IDE\". A very simple Haskell development tool which shows you the errors in your project and updates them whenever you save. Run @ghcid --topmost --command=ghci@, where @--topmost@ makes the window on top of all others (Windows only) and @--command@ is the command to start GHCi on your project (defaults to @ghci@ if you have a @.ghci@ file, or else to @cabal repl@).
 homepage:           https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid#readme
 bug-reports:        https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid/issues
 tested-with:        GHC==7.8.2, GHC==7.6.3
diff --git a/src/Ghcid.hs b/src/Ghcid.hs
--- a/src/Ghcid.hs
+++ b/src/Ghcid.hs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 prettyOutput :: Int -> [Load] -> [String]
 prettyOutput _ [] = [allGoodMessage]
-prettyOutput height xs = take (height - (length msgs * 2)) msg1 ++ concatMap (take 2) msgs
+prettyOutput height xs = take (max 3 $ height - (length msgs * 2)) msg1 ++ concatMap (take 2) msgs
     where (err, warn) = partition ((==) Error . loadSeverity) xs
           msg1:msgs = map loadMessage err ++ map loadMessage warn