diff --git a/core/src/mainwindow.cpp b/core/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 88a791f..ff03116 100644
--- a/core/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/core/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ void MainWindow::menu_file_loadOfflineDataClicked()
 		data->setData(locid,true,bytearray);
 	}
 }
-void MainWindow::emsCommsSilence()
+void MainWindow::emsCommsSilence(qint64 lasttime)
 {
 	//This is called when the ems has been silent for 5 seconds, when it was previously talking.
 	QLOG_WARN() << "EMS HAS GONE SILENT";
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ void MainWindow::emsCommsSilence()
 	ui.statusLabel->setText("EMS SILENT");
 	emsSilenceTimer->start(250);
 	QMessageBox::information(this,"Warning","ECU has gone silent. If this is unintentional, it may be a sign that something is wrong...");
+	m_emsSilentLastTime = lasttime;
 
 }
 void MainWindow::emsCommsSilenceTimerTick()
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ void MainWindow::emsCommsSilenceBroken()
 	//This is called when ems had previously been talking, gone silent, then started talking again.
 	ui.statusLabel->setText("<font bgcolor=\"#00FF00\">Status Normal</font>");
 	emsSilenceTimer->stop();
-	QLOG_WARN() << "EMS HAS GONE NOISEY";
+	QLOG_WARN() << "EMS HAS GONE NOISEY" << QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() - m_emsSilentLastTime << "milliseconds of silence";
 	ui.statusLabel->setStyleSheet("");
 }
 
@@ -709,7 +710,7 @@ void MainWindow::setPlugin(QString plugin)
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(interrogateTaskSucceed(int)),this,SLOT(interrogateTaskSucceed(int)),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(interrogateTaskFail(int)),this,SLOT(interrogateTaskFail(int)),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(connected()),this,SLOT(emsCommsConnected()),Qt::QueuedConnection);
-	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(emsSilenceStarted()),this,SLOT(emsCommsSilence()),Qt::QueuedConnection);
+	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(emsSilenceStarted(qint64)),this,SLOT(emsCommsSilence(qint64)),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(emsSilenceBroken()),this,SLOT(emsCommsSilenceBroken()),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(error(QString)),this,SLOT(error(QString)),Qt::QueuedConnection);
 	connect(emsComms,SIGNAL(error(SerialPortStatus,QString)),this,SLOT(error(SerialPortStatus,QString)),Qt::QueuedConnection);
diff --git a/core/src/mainwindow.h b/core/src/mainwindow.h
index 5375ab4..38dca30 100644
--- a/core/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/core/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -178,13 +178,14 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 	QMap<QMdiSubWindow*,QAction*> m_mdiSubWindowToActionMap;
 	bool m_EcuResetPopup;
 	QMap<QString,QList<QAction*> > m_gaugeActionMap;
+	qint64 m_emsSilentLastTime;
 private slots:
 	void showTable(QString table);
 	void windowHidden(QMdiSubWindow* window);
 	void bringToFrontAndShow();
 	void windowDestroyed(QObject *window);
 	void interrogationData(QMap<QString,QString> datamap);
-	void emsCommsSilence();
+	void emsCommsSilence(qint64 lasttime);
 	void emsCommsSilenceBroken();
 	void locationIdInfo(unsigned short locationid,MemoryLocationInfo info);
 	void tableview3d_show3DTable(unsigned short locationid,Table3DData *data);
diff --git a/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.cpp b/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.cpp
index 4166c2a..2ca344c 100644
--- a/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.cpp
+++ b/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.cpp
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ void FreeEmsComms::datalogTimerTimeout()
 		//It's been 1.5 seconds since our last datalog. We've likely either reset, or stopped responding.
 		m_isSilent = true;
 		m_lastDatalogUpdateEnabled = false;
-		emit emsSilenceStarted();
+		emit emsSilenceStarted(m_lastDatalogTime);
 	}
 }
 Table2DData* FreeEmsComms::get2DTableData(unsigned short locationid)
diff --git a/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.h b/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.h
index 7c32786..ea8c157 100644
--- a/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.h
+++ b/plugins/freeems/freeemscomms.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class FreeEmsComms : public EmsComms
 	void commandSuccessful(int sequencenumber);
 	void commandFailed(int sequencenumber,unsigned short errornum);
 	void commandTimedOut(int sequencenumber);
-	void emsSilenceStarted();
+	void emsSilenceStarted(qint64 lastdatalogtime);
 	void emsSilenceBroken();
 	void interrogateTaskStart(QString task, int sequence);
 	void interrogateTaskSucceed(int sequence);