diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
index 5a161ca..71c28a8 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
         });
     }
 
+    protected void handleBuildError(int result, Project project) {
+        ErrorPosition err = _logPanel.firstError;
+        if (err) {
+            onCompilerLogIssueClick(err.filename, err.line, err.pos);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void buildAndDebugProject(Project project) {
         if (!currentWorkspace)
             return;
@@ -169,6 +176,8 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
             if (!result) {
                 Log.i("Build completed successfully. Starting debug for project.");
                 debugProject(project);
+            } else {
+                handleBuildError(result, project);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -236,6 +245,8 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
             if (!result) {
                 Log.i("Build completed successfully. Running program...");
                 runProject(project);
+            } else {
+                handleBuildError(result, project);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -1406,6 +1417,8 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
                     if (!result) {
                         // success: update workspace
                         refreshProject(project);
+                    } else {
+                        handleBuildError(result, project);
                     }
                 };
             }
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d b/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
index cb3aefa..ed36950 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/outputpanel.d
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ interface CompilerLogIssueClickHandler {
     bool onCompilerLogIssueClick(dstring filename, int line, int column);
 }
 
+class ErrorPosition {
+    dstring filename;
+    int line;
+    int pos;
+    this(dstring fn, int l, int p) {
+        filename = fn;
+        line = l;
+        pos = p;
+    }
+}
 
 /// Log widget with parsing of compiler output
 class CompilerLogWidget : LogWidget {
@@ -136,12 +146,55 @@ class CompilerLogWidget : LogWidget {
         return null;
     }
 
+    ErrorPosition errorFromLine(int line) {
+        if (line >= this.content.length || line < 0)
+            return null; // invalid line number
+        auto logLine = this.content.line(line);
+
+        //src\tetris.d(49): Error: found 'return' when expecting ';' following statement
+
+        auto match = matchFirst(logLine, ctr);
+
+        if(!match.empty) {
+            dstring filename = match[1];
+            import std.conv:to;
+            int row = to!int(match[2]) - 1;
+            if (row < 0)
+                row = 0;
+            int col = 0;
+            if (match[3]) {
+                col = to!int(match[3]) - 1;
+                if (col < 0)
+                    col = 0;
+            }
+            return new ErrorPosition(filename, row, col);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /// returns first error line info from log
+    ErrorPosition firstError() {
+        for (int i = 0; i < _content.length; i++) {
+            ErrorPosition err = errorFromLine(i);
+            if (err)
+                return err;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     ///
     override bool onMouseEvent(MouseEvent event) {
 
         if (event.action == MouseAction.ButtonDown && event.button == MouseButton.Left) {
             super.onMouseEvent(event);
 
+            auto errorPos = errorFromLine(_caretPos.line);
+            if (errorPos) {
+                if (compilerLogIssueClickHandler.assigned) {
+                    compilerLogIssueClickHandler(errorPos.filename, errorPos.line, errorPos.pos);
+                }
+            }
+
             auto logLine = this.content.line(this._caretPos.line);
 
             //src\tetris.d(49): Error: found 'return' when expecting ';' following statement
@@ -211,6 +264,12 @@ class OutputPanel : DockWindow {
         return null;
     }
 
+    ErrorPosition firstError() {
+        if (_logWidget)
+            return _logWidget.firstError();
+        return null;
+    }
+
     override protected Widget createBodyWidget() {
         layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).layoutHeight(FILL_PARENT);
         _tabs = new TabWidget("OutputPanelTabs", Align.Bottom);