diff --git a/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java b/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
index 3174c36f..c5376989 100644
--- a/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
+++ b/src/android/com/unprompted/tildefriends/MainActivity.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.TextView;
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -54,11 +55,14 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 
 		web_view = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.web);
+		set_status("Extracting executable...");
 		Log.w("tildefriends", String.format("getFilesDir() is %s", getFilesDir().toString()));
 		Log.w("tildefriends", String.format("getPackageResourcePath() is %s", getPackageResourcePath().toString()));
 
 		if (!extract_executable()) {
 			Log.w("tildefriends", "Failed to extract a compatible executable.");
+			set_status("No compatible ABI found.");
+			return;
 		}
 
 		String port_file_path = getFilesDir().toString() + "/port.txt";
@@ -84,9 +88,14 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 								if (port >= 0) {
 									base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:" + String.valueOf(port) + "/";
 									activity.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+										activity.hide_status();
 										web_view.loadUrl(base_url);
 									});
 									break;
+								} else {
+									activity.runOnUiThread(() -> {
+										activity.set_status("Waiting to connect...");
+									});
 								}
 							}
 						}
@@ -104,6 +113,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		});
 		thread.start();
 
+		set_status("Starting server...");
 		String exe = getFilesDir().toString() + "/tildefriends";
 		ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(exe, "run", "-z", getPackageResourcePath().toString(), "-a", "out_http_port_file=" + port_file_path, "-p", "0");
 		Log.w("tildefriends", "files = " + getFilesDir().toString());
@@ -261,4 +271,17 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 		}
 		return -1;
 	}
+
+	private void set_status(String text) {
+		TextView text_view = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text);
+		web_view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+		text_view.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+		text_view.setText(text);
+	}
+
+	private void hide_status() {
+		TextView text_view = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text);
+		web_view.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+		text_view.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml b/src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml
index d4251cc9..d1eb6b73 100644
--- a/src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml
+++ b/src/android/res/layout/activity_main.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 	android:layout_height="match_parent"
 	android:orientation="vertical">
 	<WebView
+		android:id="@+id/web"
+		android:layout_width="match_parent"
+		android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
+	<TextView
+		android:id="@+id/text"
 		android:layout_width="match_parent"
 		android:layout_height="match_parent"
-		android:id="@+id/web">
-	</WebView>
+		android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"/>
 	<Button
 		android:id="@+id/refresh"
 		android:layout_width="fill_parent"