diff --git a/src/client.cpp b/src/client.cpp
index 1c039b4f33..48381e5ab1 100644
--- a/src/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client.cpp
@@ -907,51 +907,49 @@ void CClient::Stop()
 
 /// @method
 /// @brief Connects to strServerAddress
-/// @emit Connecting (strServerName) if the client wasn't running and SetServerAddr returned true.
+/// @emit Connecting (strServerName) if the client wasn't running and SetServerAddr was valid
+/// @emit ConnectingFailed (error) if an error occurred
 /// @param strServerAddress - the server address to connect to
 /// @param strServerName - the String argument to be passed to Connecting()
-/// @result true if client wasn't running and SetServerAddr returned true, false otherwise
-bool CClient::Connect ( QString strServerAddress, QString strServerName )
+void CClient::Connect ( QString strServerAddress, QString strServerName )
 {
-    if ( !IsRunning() )
-    {
-        // Set server address and connect if valid address was supplied
-        if ( SetServerAddr ( strServerAddress ) )
+    try {
+        if ( !IsRunning() )
         {
-
-            Start();
-
-            emit Connecting ( strServerName );
-
-            return true;
+            // Set server address and connect if valid address was supplied
+            if ( SetServerAddr ( strServerAddress ) )
+            {
+                Start();
+                emit Connecting ( strServerName );
+            }
+            else {
+                throw CGenErr ( "Received invalid server address. Please check for typos in the provided server address." );
+            }
         }
     }
-
-    return false;
+    catch ( const CGenErr& generr )
+    {
+        Disconnect();
+        emit ConnectingFailed ( generr.GetErrorText() );
+    }
 }
 
 /// @method
-/// @brief Disconnects client
+/// @brief Disconnects client. If the client is not running, it just stops Sound
 /// @emit Disconnected
-/// @result true if client wasn't running, false otherwise
-bool CClient::Disconnect()
+void CClient::Disconnect()
 {
+    qDebug( "CClient::Disconnect executed" );
     if ( IsRunning() )
     {
         Stop();
-
         emit Disconnected();
-
-        return true;
     }
     else
     {
-        // make sure sound is stopped too
+        // make sure sound is stopped in any case
         Sound.Stop();
-
         emit Disconnected();
-
-        return false;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client.h b/src/client.h
index 72adfbcecf..4edf445d08 100644
--- a/src/client.h
+++ b/src/client.h
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class CClient : public QObject
 
     void Start();
     void Stop();
-    bool Connect ( QString strServerAddress, QString strServerName );
-    bool Disconnect();
+    void Connect ( QString strServerAddress, QString strServerName );
+    void Disconnect();
 
     bool IsRunning() { return Sound.IsRunning(); }
     bool IsCallbackEntered() const { return Sound.IsCallbackEntered(); }
@@ -430,7 +430,9 @@ protected slots:
 
     void CLChannelLevelListReceived ( CHostAddress InetAddr, CVector<uint16_t> vecLevelList );
 
+    void ConnectClient ( QString strServerAddress );
     void Connecting ( QString strServerName );
+    void ConnectingFailed ( QString errorMessage );
     void Disconnected();
 
     void SoundDeviceChanged ( QString strError );
diff --git a/src/clientdlg.cpp b/src/clientdlg.cpp
index 6489535a9b..309c5d5ca3 100644
--- a/src/clientdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/clientdlg.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ CClientDlg::CClientDlg ( CClient*         pNCliP,
 
     QObject::connect ( pClient, &CClient::Connecting, this, &CClientDlg::OnConnect );
 
+    QObject::connect ( pClient, &CClient::ConnectingFailed, this, &CClientDlg::OnConnectingFailed );
+
     QObject::connect ( pClient, &CClient::Disconnected, this, &CClientDlg::OnDisconnect );
 
     QObject::connect ( pClient, &CClient::ChatTextReceived, this, &CClientDlg::OnChatTextReceived );
@@ -738,10 +740,7 @@ void CClientDlg::OnConnectDlgAccepted()
         // initiate connection
         // TODO: Refactor this for failing call on Connect()
 
-        if ( pClient->Connect ( strSelectedAddress, strMixerBoardLabel ) )
-        {
-            OnConnect ( strMixerBoardLabel );
-        }
+        pClient->Connect ( strSelectedAddress, strMixerBoardLabel );
 
         // reset flag
         bConnectDlgWasShown = false;
@@ -751,9 +750,13 @@ void CClientDlg::OnConnectDlgAccepted()
 void CClientDlg::OnConnectDisconBut()
 {
     // the connect/disconnect button implements a toggle functionality
-    if ( !pClient->Disconnect() )
+    if ( pClient->IsRunning() )
+    {
+        pClient->Disconnect();
+    }
+    else
     {
-        // If the client didn't disconnect, we assume that we weren't connected. Thus show the connect dialog
+        // If the client isn't running, we assume that we weren't connected. Thus show the connect dialog
         // TODO: Refactor to have robust error handling
         ShowConnectionSetupDialog();
     }
@@ -1221,8 +1224,15 @@ void CClientDlg::OnConnect ( const QString& strMixerBoardLabel )
     }
 }
 
+void CClientDlg::OnConnectingFailed ( const QString& strError )
+{
+    QMessageBox::critical ( this, APP_NAME, strError, "Close", nullptr );
+}
+
 void CClientDlg::OnDisconnect()
 {
+    // channel.cpp also issues Disconnected()
+
     // change connect button text to "connect"
     butConnect->setText ( tr ( "C&onnect" ) );
 
diff --git a/src/clientdlg.h b/src/clientdlg.h
index 83acfb62a2..c8e67b3065 100644
--- a/src/clientdlg.h
+++ b/src/clientdlg.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class CClientDlg : public CBaseDlg, private Ui_CClientDlgBase
 
 public slots:
     void OnConnect ( const QString& strServerName );
+    void OnConnectingFailed ( const QString& strErrorText );
     void OnDisconnect();
     void OnConnectDisconBut();
     void OnTimerSigMet();