diff --git a/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.cpp b/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.cpp
index 762e7b592..aede76df6 100644
--- a/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ void MainWindow::readSettings() {
   restoreGeometry(settings.value("geometry").toByteArray());
   restoreState(settings.value("state").toByteArray());
   m_displayIP = settings.value("displayIP").toBool();
+  m_verboseOutput = settings.value("verboseOutput").toBool();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::writeSettings() {
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ void MainWindow::writeSettings() {
   settings.setValue("geometry", saveGeometry());
   settings.setValue("state", saveState());
   settings.setValue("displayIP", m_displayIP);
+  settings.setValue("verboseOutput", m_verboseOutput);
 }
 
 QString MainWindow::lastPath() const {
@@ -282,6 +284,14 @@ void MainWindow::toggleUnits(bool displayIP) {
   m_displayIP = displayIP;
 }
 
+bool MainWindow::verboseOutput() const {
+  return m_verboseOutput;
+}
+
+void MainWindow::toggleVerboseOutput(bool verboseOutput) {
+  m_verboseOutput = verboseOutput;
+}
+
 void MainWindow::configureProxyClicked() {
   QString organizationName = QCoreApplication::organizationName();
   QString applicationName = QCoreApplication::applicationName();
diff --git a/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.hpp b/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.hpp
index 3a32e78a5..8d1cf3270 100644
--- a/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.hpp
+++ b/src/openstudio_lib/MainWindow.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 
   bool displayIP();
 
+  bool verboseOutput() const;
+
   void enableRevertToSavedAction(bool enable);
 
   void enableFileImportActions(bool enable);
@@ -165,6 +167,10 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 
   void enableComponentsMeasures(bool enable);
 
+ public slots:
+
+  void toggleVerboseOutput(bool verboseOutput);
+
  protected:
   void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
 
@@ -191,6 +197,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 
   bool m_displayIP;
 
+  bool m_verboseOutput = false;
+
   QString m_lastPath;
 
  private slots:
diff --git a/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.cpp b/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.cpp
index 16529f90e..66262c11b 100644
--- a/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.cpp
+++ b/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
 #include "../model_editor/Application.hpp"
 #include "../model_editor/Utilities.hpp"
+#include "MainWindow.hpp"
 
 #include <QButtonGroup>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QTcpServer>
 #include <QTcpSocket>
+#include <QCheckBox>
 
 namespace openstudio {
 
@@ -131,19 +133,30 @@ RunView::RunView() : QWidget(), m_runSocket(nullptr) {
   progressbarlayout->addWidget(m_progressBar);
   mainLayout->addLayout(progressbarlayout, 0, 1);
 
+  auto* mainWindow = OSAppBase::instance()->currentDocument()->mainWindow();
+  bool verboseOutput = mainWindow->verboseOutput();
+  m_verboseOutputBox = new QCheckBox();
+  m_verboseOutputBox->setText("Verbose Output");
+  m_verboseOutputBox->setChecked(verboseOutput);
+  connect(m_verboseOutputBox, &QCheckBox::clicked, mainWindow, &MainWindow::toggleVerboseOutput);
+  mainLayout->addWidget(m_verboseOutputBox, 0, 2);
+
   m_openSimDirButton = new QPushButton();
   m_openSimDirButton->setText("Show Simulation");
   m_openSimDirButton->setFlat(true);
   m_openSimDirButton->setObjectName("StandardGrayButton");
   connect(m_openSimDirButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &RunView::onOpenSimDirClicked);
-  mainLayout->addWidget(m_openSimDirButton, 0, 2);
+  mainLayout->addWidget(m_openSimDirButton, 0, 3);
 
   m_textInfo = new QTextEdit();
   m_textInfo->setReadOnly(true);
-  mainLayout->addWidget(m_textInfo, 1, 0, 1, 3);
+  mainLayout->addWidget(m_textInfo, 1, 0, 1, 4);
 
   m_runProcess = new QProcess(this);
-  connect(m_runProcess, static_cast<void (QProcess::*)(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)>(&QProcess::finished), this, &RunView::onRunProcessFinished);
+  connect(m_runProcess, &QProcess::finished, this, &RunView::onRunProcessFinished);
+  connect(m_runProcess, &QProcess::errorOccurred, this, &RunView::onRunProcessErrored);
+  connect(m_runProcess, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, this, &RunView::readyReadStandardError);
+  connect(m_runProcess, &QProcess::readyReadStandardOutput, this, &RunView::readyReadStandardOutput);
 
   QProcessEnvironment env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
 
@@ -178,8 +191,37 @@ void RunView::onOpenSimDirClicked() {
   }
 }
 
+void RunView::onRunProcessErrored(QProcess::ProcessError error) {
+  m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
+  m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+  QString text = tr("onRunProcessErrored: Simulation failed to run, QProcess::ProcessError: ") + QString::number(error);
+  m_textInfo->append(text);
+}
+
 void RunView::onRunProcessFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status) {
-  LOG(Debug, "run finished");
+  if (status == QProcess::NormalExit) {
+    LOG(Debug, "run finished, exit code = " << exitCode);
+  }
+
+  if (exitCode != 0 || status == QProcess::CrashExit) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+    m_textInfo->append(tr("Simulation failed to run, with exit code ") + QString::number(exitCode));
+
+    //m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::black);
+    //m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(15);
+    //m_textInfo->append("Stderr:");
+    //m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+    //QString errorString = QString(m_runProcess->readAllStandardError());
+    //m_textInfo->append(errorString);
+
+    //m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(15);
+    //m_textInfo->append("Stdout:");
+    //m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+    //QString outString = QString(m_runProcess->readAllStandardOutput());
+    //m_textInfo->append(outString);
+  }
+
   m_playButton->setChecked(false);
   m_state = State::stopped;
   m_progressBar->setMaximum(State::complete);
@@ -220,30 +262,44 @@ void RunView::playButtonClicked(bool t_checked) {
     //auto basePath = getCompanionFolder( toPath(osdocument->savePath()) );
 
     // run in temp dir
-    auto basePath = toPath(osdocument->modelTempDir()) / toPath("resources");
+    m_basePath = toPath(osdocument->modelTempDir()) / toPath("resources");
 
-    auto workflowPath = basePath / "workflow.osw";
-    auto stdoutPath = basePath / "stdout";
-    auto stderrPath = basePath / "stderr";
+    auto workflowPath = m_basePath / "workflow.osw";
+    auto stdoutPath = m_basePath / "stdout";
+    auto stderrPath = m_basePath / "stderr";
 
     OS_ASSERT(exists(workflowPath));
 
     auto workflowJSONPath = QString::fromStdString(workflowPath.string());
 
     unsigned port = m_runTcpServer->serverPort();
-    bool haveConnection = (port != 0);
+    m_hasSocketConnexion = (port != 0);
+    // NOTE: temp test, uncomment to see fallback to stdout
+    // m_hasSocketConnexion = false;
 
     QStringList arguments;
-    if (haveConnection) {
+    LOG(Debug, "Checkbox is checked? " << std::boolalpha << m_verboseOutputBox->isChecked());
+    if (m_verboseOutputBox->isChecked()) {
+      arguments << "--verbose";
+    } else {
+      // If not verbose, we save the stdout/stderr to a file, like historical
+      // Actually, we don't, we just read it
+      // m_runProcess->setStandardOutputFile(toQString(stdoutPath));
+      // m_runProcess->setStandardErrorFile(toQString(stderrPath));
+    }
+
+    if (m_hasSocketConnexion) {
       arguments << "run"
                 << "-s" << QString::number(port) << "-w" << workflowJSONPath;
     } else {
       arguments << "run"
+                << "--show-stdout"
+                // << "--style-stdout"
+                // << "--add-timings"
                 << "-w" << workflowJSONPath;
     }
-
     LOG(Debug, "openstudioExePath='" << toString(openstudioExePath) << "'");
-    LOG(Debug, "run arguments" << arguments.join(";").toStdString());
+    LOG(Debug, "run arguments = " << arguments.join(";").toStdString());
 
     osdocument->disableTabsDuringRun();
     m_openSimDirButton->setEnabled(false);
@@ -254,33 +310,35 @@ void RunView::playButtonClicked(bool t_checked) {
     if (exists(stderrPath)) {
       remove(stderrPath);
     }
+    // touch
+    openstudio::filesystem::ofstream{stdoutPath};
+    openstudio::filesystem::ofstream{stderrPath};
+
     m_state = State::stopped;
     m_textInfo->clear();
 
-    if (haveConnection) {
-      m_progressBar->setMinimum(0);
-      m_progressBar->setMaximum(State::complete);
-      m_progressBar->setValue(0);
-    } else {
-      m_progressBar->setMinimum(0);
-      m_progressBar->setMaximum(0);
-      m_progressBar->setValue(0);
+    m_progressBar->setMinimum(0);
+    m_progressBar->setMaximum(State::complete);
+    m_progressBar->setValue(0);
 
-      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::black);
-      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
-      m_textInfo->append("Could not open socket connection to OpenStudio CLI.");
+    if (!m_hasSocketConnexion) {
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
       m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(15);
-      m_textInfo->append("Live simulation feedback during run not available.");
-      m_textInfo->append("View simulation directory when run is complete.");
+      m_textInfo->append("Could not open socket connection to OpenStudio CLI.");
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+      m_textInfo->append("Falling back to stdout/stderr parsing, live updates might be slower.");
     }
 
-    m_runProcess->setStandardOutputFile(toQString(stdoutPath));
-    m_runProcess->setStandardErrorFile(toQString(stderrPath));
     m_runProcess->start(openstudioExePath, arguments);
   } else {
     // stop running
     LOG(Debug, "Kill Simulation");
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+    m_textInfo->append("Aborted");
+    m_runProcess->blockSignals(true);
     m_runProcess->kill();
+    m_runProcess->blockSignals(false);
   }
 }
 
@@ -389,4 +447,175 @@ void RunView::onRunDataReady() {
   }
 }
 
+void RunView::readyReadStandardOutput() {
+
+  auto appendErrorText = [&](const QString& text) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+    m_textInfo->append(text);
+  };
+
+  auto appendNormalText = [&](const QString& text) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::black);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+    m_textInfo->append(text);
+  };
+
+  auto appendH1Text = [&](const QString& text) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::black);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+    m_textInfo->append(text);
+  };
+
+  auto appendH2Text = [&](const QString& text) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::black);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(15);
+    m_textInfo->append(text);
+  };
+
+  QString data = m_runProcess->readAllStandardOutput();
+  QStringList lines = data.split("\n");
+
+  // Write to stdout (pipe to file, for later viewing)
+  auto stdoutPath = m_basePath / "stdout";
+  openstudio::filesystem::ofstream stdout_file(stdoutPath, std::ios_base::app);
+  if (!stdout_file) {
+    LOG(Debug, "Could not open " << stdoutPath << " for appending.");
+  } else {
+    stdout_file << openstudio::toString(data);
+  }
+
+  for (const auto& line : lines) {
+    //std::cout << data.toStdString() << std::endl;
+
+    QString trimmedLine = line.trimmed();
+
+    bool b = trimmedLine.contains("DEBUG");
+
+    // DLM: coordinate with openstudio-workflow-gem\lib\openstudio\workflow\adapters\output\socket.rb
+    if (trimmedLine.isEmpty()) {
+      continue;
+    } else if ((trimmedLine.contains("DEBUG")) || (trimmedLine.contains("] <-2>"))) {
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(10);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::lightGray);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+    } else if ((trimmedLine.contains("INFO")) || (trimmedLine.contains("] <-1>"))) {
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(10);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::gray);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+    } else if ((trimmedLine.contains("WARN")) || (trimmedLine.contains("] <0>"))) {
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::darkYellow);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+    } else if ((trimmedLine.contains("ERROR")) || (trimmedLine.contains("] <1>"))) {
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(12);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::darkRed);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+    } else if ((trimmedLine.contains("FATAL")) || (trimmedLine.contains("] <1>"))) {
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(14);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::red);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+
+    } else if (!m_hasSocketConnexion) {
+      // For socket fall back. Avoid doing all these compare if we know we don't need to
+      if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state initialization", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Initializing workflow.");
+        m_state = State::initialization;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Started", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state initialization", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state os_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Processing OpenStudio Measures.");
+        m_state = State::os_measures;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state os_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state translator", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Translating the OpenStudio Model to EnergyPlus.");
+        m_state = State::translator;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state translator", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state ep_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Processing EnergyPlus Measures.");
+        m_state = State::ep_measures;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state ep_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state preprocess", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // ignore this state
+        m_state = State::preprocess;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state preprocess", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // ignore this state
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state simulation", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Starting Simulation.");
+        m_state = State::simulation;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state simulation", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state reporting_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Processing Reporting Measures.");
+        m_state = State::reporting_measures;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state reporting_measures", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Starting state postprocess", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Gathering Reports.");
+        m_state = State::postprocess;
+        m_progressBar->setValue(m_state);
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Returned from state postprocess", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        // no-op
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Failure", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendErrorText("Failed.");
+      } else if (QString::compare(trimmedLine, "Complete", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+        appendH1Text("Completed.");
+      } else if (trimmedLine.startsWith("Applying", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        appendH2Text(line);
+      } else if (trimmedLine.startsWith("Applied", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        // no-op
+      } else {
+        appendNormalText(line);
+      }
+    } else {  // m_hasSocketConnexion: we know it's stdout and not important socket info, so we put that in gray
+      m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(10);
+      m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::gray);
+      m_textInfo->append(line);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void RunView::readyReadStandardError() {
+  auto appendErrorText = [&](const QString& text) {
+    m_textInfo->setTextColor(Qt::darkRed);
+    m_textInfo->setFontPointSize(18);
+    m_textInfo->append(text);
+  };
+
+  QString data = m_runProcess->readAllStandardError();
+  QStringList lines = data.split("\n");
+
+  // Write to stderr (pipe to file, for later viewing)
+  auto stderrPath = m_basePath / "stderr";
+  openstudio::filesystem::ofstream stderr_file(stderrPath, std::ios_base::app);
+  if (!stderr_file) {
+    LOG(Debug, "Could not open " << stderrPath << " for appending.");
+  } else {
+    stderr_file << openstudio::toString(data);
+  }
+
+  for (const auto& line : lines) {
+
+    QString trimmedLine = line.trimmed();
+
+    if (trimmedLine.isEmpty()) {
+      continue;
+    } else {
+      appendErrorText("stderr: " + line);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace openstudio
diff --git a/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.hpp b/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.hpp
index 45a245138..ac84f77e8 100644
--- a/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.hpp
+++ b/src/openstudio_lib/RunTabView.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class QTextEdit;
 class QFileSystemWatcher;
 class QTcpServer;
 class QTcpSocket;
+class QCheckBox;
 
 namespace openstudio {
 
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ class RunView : public QWidget
 
   void onRunProcessFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status);
 
+  void onRunProcessErrored(QProcess::ProcessError error);
+
   //void onSimDirChanged(const QString &path);
 
   //void onFileChanged(const QString &path);
@@ -80,6 +83,8 @@ class RunView : public QWidget
   void onNewConnection();
 
   void onRunDataReady();
+  void readyReadStandardError();
+  void readyReadStandardOutput();
 
   QToolButton* m_playButton;
   QProgressBar* m_progressBar;
@@ -89,6 +94,10 @@ class RunView : public QWidget
   QPushButton* m_openSimDirButton;
   QTcpServer* m_runTcpServer;
   QTcpSocket* m_runSocket;
+
+  QCheckBox* m_verboseOutputBox;
+
+  openstudio::path m_basePath;
   //QFileSystemWatcher * m_simDirWatcher;
   //QFileSystemWatcher * m_eperrWatcher;
 
@@ -106,6 +115,7 @@ class RunView : public QWidget
     complete = 9
   };
   State m_state = State::stopped;
+  bool m_hasSocketConnexion = false;
 };
 
 class RunTabView : public MainTabView