diff --git a/common/content/commands.js b/common/content/commands.js
index 86d2e670..9f90d21d 100644
--- a/common/content/commands.js
+++ b/common/content/commands.js
@@ -672,13 +672,8 @@ var Commands = Module("commands", {
                         dactyl.execute(line, args);
                     }
                     catch (e) {
-                        if (!silent || silent === "loud") {
-                            if (silent !== "loud")
-                                e.message = context.file + ":" + context.line + ": " + e.message;
-                            else {
-                                dactyl.echoerr("Error detected while processing " + context.file);
-                                dactyl.echomsg("line\t" + context.line + ":");
-                            }
+                        if (!silent) {
+                            e.message = context.file + ":" + context.line + ": " + e.message;
                             dactyl.reportError(e, true);
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/common/modules/io.jsm b/common/modules/io.jsm
index 57d5f8be..9727d66f 100644
--- a/common/modules/io.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/io.jsm
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ var IO = Module("io", {
                         styles.registerSheet(uri.spec, false, true);
                     else {
                         context = Contexts.Context(file, params.group);
-                        modules.commands.execute(file.read(), null, params.silent || "loud",
+                        modules.commands.execute(file.read(), null, params.silent,
                                                  null, {
                             context: context,
                             file: file.path,