diff --git a/obd.cabal b/obd.cabal
--- a/obd.cabal
+++ b/obd.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                obd
-version:             0.2.1.0
+version:             0.2.1.1
 synopsis:            Communicate to OBD interfaces over ELM327
 description:
     Haskell library to communicate with OBD-II over ELM327,
diff --git a/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Connection.hs b/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Connection.hs
--- a/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Connection.hs
+++ b/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Connection.hs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
                 >>= (`orThrow` ConOBDError (OBDDecodeError NotEnoughBytesError)) . hexToBytes
                 >>= (`orThrow` ConOBDError (OBDDecodeError NoResponseHeaderError)) . stripHeader
 
-    statusPrefixes = ["SEARCHING..."]
+    statusPrefixes = ["BUS INIT: OK", "SEARCHING..."]
     removeStatusPrefixes x = foldl stripPrefix' x statusPrefixes
     stripPrefix' x pref = fromMaybe x (stripPrefix pref x)
     stripHeader = stripPrefix [0x40 + obdMode cmd, obdPID cmd]
diff --git a/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Errors.hs b/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Errors.hs
--- a/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Errors.hs
+++ b/src/System/Hardware/ELM327/Errors.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 -- | Error messages sent by the ELM327 when issuing OBD commands
 data OBDErrorMessage = UnableToConnect
+                     | BusInitError
                      | NoData
                      deriving (Eq, Show)
 
@@ -18,9 +19,11 @@
 obdErrorMessage = prism' conv mConv
   where
     conv UnableToConnect = "UNABLE TO CONNECT"
+    conv BusInitError = "BUS INIT: ... ERROR"
     conv NoData = "NO DATA"
 
     mConv "UNABLE TO CONNECT" = Just UnableToConnect
+    mConv "BUS INIT: ... ERROR" = Just BusInitError
     mConv "NO DATA" = Just NoData
     mConv _ = Nothing