diff --git a/gui/Gui/Attackwindow.py b/gui/Gui/Attackwindow.py
index fbbfbf6..f470170 100644
--- a/gui/Gui/Attackwindow.py
+++ b/gui/Gui/Attackwindow.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import time
 """ Import scyther-gui components """
 import Icon
 import Preference
+import Error
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if Preference.usePIL():
@@ -70,7 +71,11 @@ class AttackDisplay(wx.ScrolledWindow):
             self.original = wx.Image(filename,wx.BITMAP_TYPE_PNG)
         elif attack.filetype == "ps":
             # depends on PIL lib
-            self.original = Image.open(filename)
+            try:
+                self.original = Image.open(filename)
+            except:
+                Preference.doNotUsePIL()
+                raise Error.PILError
         else:
             print "Unknown file type %s." % (self.filetype)
 
diff --git a/gui/Gui/Error.py b/gui/Gui/Error.py
index 5b5f859..b7f0db6 100644
--- a/gui/Gui/Error.py
+++ b/gui/Gui/Error.py
@@ -31,10 +31,21 @@ import sys
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def ShowAndExit(text):
+class PILError (Exception):
+    pass
+
+class NoAttackError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def ShowAndReturn(text):
     title = "Error"
     dlg = wx.MessageDialog(None, text, title, wx.ID_OK | wx.ICON_ERROR)
     result = dlg.ShowModal()
     dlg.Destroy()
+
+def ShowAndExit(text):
+    ShowAndReturn(text)
     sys.exit()
 
diff --git a/gui/Gui/Preference.py b/gui/Gui/Preference.py
index da0f909..daede86 100644
--- a/gui/Gui/Preference.py
+++ b/gui/Gui/Preference.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ from time import localtime,strftime
 """ Globals """
 # Do we have the Python Imaging library?
 havePIL = True
-havePIL = False     # For now, override (bounding box bug on Feisty?)
+#havePIL = False     # For now, override (bounding box bug on Feisty?)
 try:
     import Image
 except ImportError:
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ def usePIL():
 
     return False
 
+def doNotUsePIL():
+    """
+    Disable
+    """
+    global havePIL
+
+    havePIL = False
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class Preferences(dict):
diff --git a/gui/Gui/Scytherthread.py b/gui/Gui/Scytherthread.py
index b95af8f..0ba4d90 100644
--- a/gui/Gui/Scytherthread.py
+++ b/gui/Gui/Scytherthread.py
@@ -357,8 +357,12 @@ class ResultWindow(wx.Frame):
 
     def onViewButton(self,evt):
         btn = evt.GetEventObject()
-        w = Attackwindow.AttackWindow(btn.claim)
-        w.Show(True)
+        try:
+            w = Attackwindow.AttackWindow(btn.claim)
+            w.Show(True)
+        except Error.PILError:
+            Error.ShowAndReturn("Problem with PIL imaging library: disabled zooming. Please retry to verify the protocol again.")
+            self.onCloseWindow(None)
 
     def onCloseWindow(self,evt):
         """ TODO we should kill self.thread """