diff --git a/PHPCI/Controller/SettingsController.php b/PHPCI/Controller/SettingsController.php
index d0582f6a..9fce197d 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Controller/SettingsController.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Controller/SettingsController.php
@@ -53,9 +53,16 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
         $this->settings['phpci']['github']['id'] = $this->getParam('githubid', '');
         $this->settings['phpci']['github']['secret'] = $this->getParam('githubsecret', '');
 
-        $this->storeSettings();
+        $error = $this->storeSettings();
 
-        header('Location: ' . PHPCI_URL . 'settings?saved=1');
+        if($error)
+        {
+            header('Location: ' . PHPCI_URL . 'settings?saved=2');
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            header('Location: ' . PHPCI_URL . 'settings?saved=1');
+        }
         die;
     }
 
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
         $dumper = new Dumper();
         $yaml = $dumper->dump($this->settings);
         file_put_contents(APPLICATION_PATH . 'PHPCI/config.yml', $yaml);
+        if(error_get_last()) return error_get_last()['message'];
     }
 
     protected function getGithubForm()
diff --git a/PHPCI/View/Settings/index.phtml b/PHPCI/View/Settings/index.phtml
index c8206811..a88b214e 100644
--- a/PHPCI/View/Settings/index.phtml
+++ b/PHPCI/View/Settings/index.phtml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-<?php if (isset($_GET['saved'])): ?>
+<?php if (isset($_GET['saved']) && $_GET['saved'] == 1): ?>
 <p class="alert alert-success" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
     Your settings have been saved.
 </p>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
+<?php if (isset($_GET['saved']) && $_GET['saved'] == 2): ?>
+<p class="alert alert-danger" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+    Your settings could not be saved, maybe check the permissions of config.yml?
+</p>
+<?php endif; ?>
+
 <?php if (isset($_GET['linked']) && $_GET['linked'] == 1): ?>
     <p class="alert alert-success" style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
         Your Github account has been linked.