diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/debug/TargetPackage.java b/app/src/processing/app/debug/TargetPackage.java
index 6bc199b31..68c1a488c 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/debug/TargetPackage.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/debug/TargetPackage.java
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
  */
 package processing.app.debug;
 
+import static processing.app.I18n._;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import processing.app.I18n;
 import processing.app.helpers.filefilters.OnlyDirs;
 
 public class TargetPackage {
@@ -51,12 +54,14 @@ public class TargetPackage {
         TargetPlatform platform = new TargetPlatform(arch, subFolder, this);
         platforms.put(arch, platform);
       } catch (TargetPlatformException e) {
-        continue;
+        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
       }
     }
 
-    if(platforms.size() == 0) {
-      throw new TargetPlatformException("No architecture directories with boards.txt files were found in hardware folder " + _folder.getName() + ". Is it pre-1.5?");
+    if (platforms.size() == 0) {
+      throw new TargetPlatformException(I18n
+          .format(_("No valid hardware definitions found in folder {0}."),
+                  _folder.getName()));
     }
   }