diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/HConnection.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/HConnection.java
index f4fa37f..c2e94a1 100644
--- a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/HConnection.java
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/HConnection.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public class HConnection {
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+            setState(HState.ABORTING);
+            setState(HState.NOT_CONNECTED);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/connection/proxy/flash/NormalFlashProxyProvider.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/connection/proxy/flash/NormalFlashProxyProvider.java
index 5c68f08..092a420 100644
--- a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/connection/proxy/flash/NormalFlashProxyProvider.java
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/connection/proxy/flash/NormalFlashProxyProvider.java
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import gearth.protocol.connection.proxy.ProxyProviderFactory;
 import gearth.protocol.connection.proxy.SocksConfiguration;
 import gearth.protocol.hostreplacer.hostsfile.HostReplacer;
 import gearth.protocol.hostreplacer.hostsfile.HostReplacerFactory;
+import gearth.protocol.portchecker.PortChecker;
+import gearth.protocol.portchecker.PortCheckerFactory;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
+import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
+import javafx.scene.control.ButtonType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.*;
@@ -92,7 +97,19 @@ public class NormalFlashProxyProvider extends FlashProxyProvider {
         for (int c = 0; c < potentialProxies.size(); c++) {
             HProxy potentialProxy = potentialProxies.get(c);
 
-            ServerSocket proxy_server = new ServerSocket(potentialProxy.getIntercept_port(), 10, InetAddress.getByName(potentialProxy.getIntercept_host()));
+            ServerSocket proxy_server;
+            try {
+                proxy_server = new ServerSocket(potentialProxy.getIntercept_port(), 10, InetAddress.getByName(potentialProxy.getIntercept_host()));
+            } catch (BindException e) {
+                PortChecker portChecker = PortCheckerFactory.getPortChecker();
+                String processName = portChecker.getProcessUsingPort(potentialProxy.getIntercept_port());
+                Platform.runLater(() -> {
+                    Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "The port is in use by " + processName,
+                            ButtonType.OK);
+                    a.showAndWait();
+                });
+                throw new IOException(e);
+            }
             potentialProxy.initProxy(proxy_server);
 
             new Thread(() -> {
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortChecker.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e34ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package gearth.protocol.portchecker;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+/**
+ * This interface wraps the OS-dependant operation of checking if a specific port is used by any program.
+ * Some programs like McAfee TrueKey run on port 30000. This will hopefully save the user some time troubleshooting.
+ */
+public interface PortChecker {
+    /**
+     * @param port port to check
+     * @return process name or null if none
+     */
+    String getProcessUsingPort(int port) throws IOException;
+
+    /** Runs a command and reads the first line of output
+     * @param command Command to run
+     * @return {@link String} containing the output
+     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
+     */
+    default String getCommandOutput(String[] command) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
+            Process proc = rt.exec(command);
+
+            BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new
+                    InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
+
+            return stdInput.readLine();
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortCheckerFactory.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortCheckerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab9a533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/PortCheckerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package gearth.protocol.portchecker;
+
+import gearth.misc.OSValidator;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.NotImplementedException;
+
+public final class PortCheckerFactory {
+    private PortCheckerFactory() {}
+
+    public static PortChecker getPortChecker() {
+        if (OSValidator.isWindows()) {
+            return new WindowsPortChecker();
+        }
+
+        if (OSValidator.isUnix()) {
+            return new UnixPortChecker();
+        }
+
+        throw new NotImplementedException("macOS port checker not implemented yet");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/UnixPortChecker.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/UnixPortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c10cfe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/UnixPortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package gearth.protocol.portchecker;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class UnixPortChecker implements PortChecker {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessUsingPort(int port) throws IOException {
+        String netstatOut = getCommandOutput(new String[] {"/bin/sh", "-c", " netstat -nlp | grep :" + port});
+        int index = netstatOut.lastIndexOf("LISTEN      ");
+        return netstatOut.substring(index + 12);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/WindowsPortChecker.java b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/WindowsPortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..771d946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/G-Earth/src/main/java/gearth/protocol/portchecker/WindowsPortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package gearth.protocol.portchecker;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class WindowsPortChecker implements PortChecker{
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessUsingPort(int port) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            String s = getCommandOutput(new String[] {"cmd", "/c", " netstat -ano | findstr LISTENING | findstr " + port});
+            int index = s.lastIndexOf(" ");
+            String pid = s.substring(index);
+
+            return getProcessNameFromPid(pid);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getProcessNameFromPid(String pid) throws IOException {
+        String task = getCommandOutput(new String[] {"tasklist /fi \"pid eq " + pid + "\" /nh /fo:CSV"});
+        int index = task.indexOf(',');
+        return task.substring(0, index);
+    }
+}