diff --git a/pyweb/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py b/pyweb/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
index c77a8ae..b35e9fa 100644
--- a/pyweb/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
+++ b/pyweb/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ def MumbleCtlIce( connstring, slicefile=None, icesecret=None ):
 	
 	prx = ice.stringToProxy( connstring.encode("utf-8") )
 	
+	try:
+		prx.ice_ping()
+	except Ice.Exception:
+		raise EnvironmentError( "Murmur does not appear to be listening on this address (Ice ping failed)." )
+	
 	try:
 		import Murmur
 	except ImportError:
diff --git a/pyweb/mumble/management/server_detect.py b/pyweb/mumble/management/server_detect.py
index 9871dda..769876e 100644
--- a/pyweb/mumble/management/server_detect.py
+++ b/pyweb/mumble/management/server_detect.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def find_existing_instances( **kwargs ):
 			print "  2) ICE  -- Meta:tcp -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6502"
 			print "Enter 1 or 2 for the defaults above, nothing to skip Server detection,"
 			print "and if the defaults do not fit your needs, enter the correct string."
-			print "Whether to use DBus or ICE will be detected automatically from the"
+			print "Whether to use DBus or Ice will be detected automatically from the"
 			print "string's format."
 			print