diff --git a/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessCompiler.cs b/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessCompiler.cs
index 00ea737d0..6a485f95c 100644
--- a/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessCompiler.cs
+++ b/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessCompiler.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MadsKristensen.EditorExtensions.Helpers;
@@ -35,32 +36,51 @@ public static async Task<CompilerResult> Compile(string fileName, string targetF
                 CreateNoWindow = true,
                 Arguments = arguments,
                 UseShellExecute = false,
-                RedirectStandardError = true
+                RedirectStandardError = true,
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true
             };
 
-            using (var process = await ExecuteAsync(start))
+            var error = new StringBuilder();
+            using (var process = await ExecuteAsync(start, error))
             {
-                return ProcessResult(output, process, fileName, targetFileName);
+                return ProcessResult(output, process, error.ToString(), fileName, targetFileName);
             }
         }
 
-        private static Task<Process> ExecuteAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
+        private static Task<Process> ExecuteAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo, StringBuilder error)
         {
             var process = Process.Start(startInfo);
             var processTaskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<Process>();
 
+            //note: if we don't also read from the standard output, we don't receive the error output... ?
+            process.OutputDataReceived += (_, __) => { };
+            process.ErrorDataReceived += (sender, line) =>
+            {
+                error.AppendLine(line.Data);
+            };
+
+            process.BeginOutputReadLine();
+            process.BeginErrorReadLine();
+
             process.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
-            process.Exited += (s, e) => processTaskCompletionSource.TrySetResult(process);
-            if (process.HasExited)
+            EventHandler exitHandler = (s, e) =>
+            {
+                // WaitForExit() ensures that the StandardError stream has been drained
+                process.WaitForExit();
                 processTaskCompletionSource.TrySetResult(process);
+            };
+
+            process.Exited += exitHandler;
+
+            if (process.HasExited) exitHandler(process, null);
             return processTaskCompletionSource.Task;
         }
 
-        private static CompilerResult ProcessResult(string output, Process process, string fileName, string targetFileName)
+        private static CompilerResult ProcessResult(string output, Process process, string errorText, string fileName, string targetFileName)
         {
             CompilerResult result = new CompilerResult(fileName);
 
-            ProcessResult(output, process, result);
+            ProcessResult(output, process, errorText, result);
 
             if (result.IsSuccess)
             {
@@ -96,10 +116,12 @@ private static CompilerResult ProcessResult(string output, Process process, stri
             return result;
         }
 
-        private static void ProcessResult(string outputFile, Process process, CompilerResult result)
+        private static void ProcessResult(string outputFile, Process process, string errorText, CompilerResult result)
         {
             if (!File.Exists(outputFile))
+            {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException("LESS compiled output not found", outputFile);
+            }
 
             if (process.ExitCode == 0)
             {
@@ -108,12 +130,7 @@ private static void ProcessResult(string outputFile, Process process, CompilerRe
             }
             else
             {
-                using (StreamReader reader = process.StandardError)
-                {
-                    string error = reader.ReadToEnd();
-                    Debug.WriteLine("LessCompiler Error: " + error);
-                    result.Error = ParseError(error);
-                }
+                result.Error = ParseError(errorText.Replace("\r", ""));
             }
 
             File.Delete(outputFile);
diff --git a/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessMargin.cs b/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessMargin.cs
index 4866374b6..1b9bbc522 100644
--- a/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessMargin.cs
+++ b/EditorExtensions/Margin/LessMargin.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ protected override async void StartCompiler(string source)
 
                 CreateTask(result.Error);
 
-                base.OnCompilationDone("ERROR:", lessFilePath);
+                base.OnCompilationDone("ERROR:" + result.Error.Message, lessFilePath);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/EditorExtensions/QuickInfo/Declaration/DeclarationQuickInfo.cs b/EditorExtensions/QuickInfo/Declaration/DeclarationQuickInfo.cs
index 97919e1f9..b5018cb29 100644
--- a/EditorExtensions/QuickInfo/Declaration/DeclarationQuickInfo.cs
+++ b/EditorExtensions/QuickInfo/Declaration/DeclarationQuickInfo.cs
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ public void AugmentQuickInfoSession(IQuickInfoSession session, IList<object> qiC
             ICssSchemaInstance schema = CssSchemaManager.SchemaManager.GetSchemaForItem(_rootSchema, item);
 
             Tuple<ParseItem, ICssCompletionListEntry> tuple = GetEntriesAndPoint(item, point.Value, schema);
+            if (tuple == null)
+                return;
 
             ParseItem tipItem = tuple.Item1;
             ICssCompletionListEntry entry = tuple.Item2;
+            if (tipItem == null || entry == null)
+                return;
 
             var ruleSet = item.FindType<RuleSet>();