diff --git a/lib/wrapper.js b/lib/wrapper.js
index 2864ea8..b39c942 100644
--- a/lib/wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/wrapper.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // Less 'CSS' wrapper for SocketStream 0.3
 
 var fs = require('fs'),
+    pathlib = require('path'),
     less = require('less'),
     _prependedLess;
 
@@ -12,9 +13,37 @@ exports.prependLess = function(prependedLess) {
     }
 };
 
+function errorBodyStyling(root,path, err) {
+    path = path.replace(root,'');
+    var filename = err.filename.replace(root,'');
+    var r = [
+        'body:before {',
+        'display:block;',
+        'position:absolute;',
+        'top:15px; left:20px; right:20px;',
+        'z-index: 10000;',
+        'content:"Error compiling LESS file: '+path+' at '+(filename||'?')+' '+(err.line||'?')+':'+(err.index||'?')+'   '+err.message+'";',
+        'border: 1px solid #888;',
+        'border-radius: 5px;',
+        'background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5);',
+        'background-color: white;',
+        'padding: 10px 15px;',
+        '}'
+    ];
+    return r.join('\n');
+}
+
+exports.decidePaths = function decidePaths(path, options) {
+
+    var p = [ pathlib.dirname(path) ];
+    //TODO by default we should add the ss.root to paths at end
+    if (options.paths) p = p.concat(options.paths);
+    return p;
+};
+
 // root and config are passed as arguments, but are not used
 //
-exports.init = function () {
+exports.init = function (root,config) {
 
     return {
 
@@ -28,26 +57,45 @@ exports.init = function () {
 
         compile: function(path, options, cb) {
 
-            // Get dir from path to enable @include commmand
-            var dir = path.split('/'); { dir.pop(); }
-
             var input = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
 
             var compress = options && options.compress;
 
-            var parser = new(less.Parser)({paths: [dir.join('/')], filename: path});
-
             if(_prependedLess) {
                 input = _prependedLess + '\n' + input;
             }
+            var opts = {};
+            for(var n in config) opts[n] = config[n];
+            opts.filename = path;
+            opts.paths = exports.decidePaths(path, config);
+            opts.compress = options.compress;
+
+            less.logger.addListener({
+                //TODO passing along log output
+                debug: function(msg) {
+
+                },
+                info: function(msg) {
+
+                },
+                warn: function(msg) {
+
+                },
+                error: function(msg) {
+
+                }
+            });
+            
+            //TODO it seems less still blows up on some path errors, is there a way to catch them?
 
-            parser.parse(input, function(err, tree) {
+            less.render(input, opts, function(err, out) {
                 if (err) {
                     console.log('! - Unable to compile Less file %s into CSS', path);
                     console.log(err);
+                    return cb(errorBodyStyling(root, path, err));
                 }
-                var css = tree.toCSS({compress: compress});
-                cb(css);
+                //TODO out.map
+                cb(out.css);
             });
         }
     };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1cfd96b..3ab0754 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "node": ">= 0.10.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "less": "1.7.x"
+    "less": "2.0.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {}
 }