diff --git a/client/constants.js b/client/constants.js
index 8c617f06..2a2c1858 100644
--- a/client/constants.js
+++ b/client/constants.js
@@ -38,5 +38,7 @@ export const SET_BLOB_URL = 'SET_BLOB_URL';
 export const EXPAND_SIDEBAR = 'EXPAND_SIDEBAR';
 export const COLLAPSE_SIDEBAR = 'COLLAPSE_SIDEBAR';
 
+export const CONSOLE_EVENT = 'CONSOLE_EVENT';
+
 // eventually, handle errors more specifically and better
 export const ERROR = 'ERROR';
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/actions/ide.js b/client/modules/IDE/actions/ide.js
index a0b48434..4d01d50b 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/actions/ide.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/actions/ide.js
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export function setSelectedFile(fileId) {
   };
 }
 
+export function dispatchConsoleEvent(...args) {
+  return {
+    type: ActionTypes.CONSOLE_EVENT,
+    event: args[0].data
+  };
+}
+
 export function newFile() {
   return {
     type: ActionTypes.SHOW_MODAL
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/components/Console.js b/client/modules/IDE/components/Console.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e05809db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/components/Console.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
+
+/**
+ *  How many console messages to store
+ *  @type {Number}
+ */
+const consoleMax = 5;
+
+class Console extends React.Component {
+
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    /**
+     *  An array of React Elements that include previous console messages
+     *  @type {Array}
+     */
+    this.children = [];
+  }
+
+  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
+    if (nextProps.isPlaying && !this.props.isPlaying) {
+      this.children = [];
+    } else if (nextProps.consoleEvent !== this.props.consoleEvent) {
+      const args = nextProps.consoleEvent.arguments;
+      const method = nextProps.consoleEvent.method;
+      const nextChild = (
+        <div key={this.children.length} className={`preview-console__${method}`}>
+          {Object.keys(args).map((key) => <span key={`${this.children.length}-${key}`}>{args[key]}</span>)}
+        </div>
+      );
+      this.children.push(nextChild);
+    }
+  }
+
+  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
+    return (nextProps.consoleEvent !== this.props.consoleEvent) || (nextProps.isPlaying && !this.props.isPlaying);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const childrenToDisplay = this.children.slice(-consoleMax);
+
+    return (
+      <div ref="console" className="preview-console">
+        {childrenToDisplay}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+}
+
+Console.propTypes = {
+  consoleEvent: PropTypes.object,
+  isPlaying: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
+};
+
+export default Console;
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.js b/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.js
index 01545a14..d0e50298 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/components/PreviewFrame.js
@@ -3,12 +3,68 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import escapeStringRegexp from 'escape-string-regexp';
 import srcDoc from 'srcdoc-polyfill';
 
+const hijackConsoleScript = `<script>
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
+    var iframeWindow = window;
+    var originalConsole = iframeWindow.console;
+    iframeWindow.console = {};
+
+    var methods = [
+      'debug', 'clear', 'error', 'info', 'log', 'warn'
+    ];
+
+    methods.forEach( function(method) {
+      iframeWindow.console[method] = function() {
+        originalConsole[method].apply(originalConsole, arguments);
+
+        var args = Array.from(arguments);
+        args = args.map(function(i) {
+          // catch objects
+          return (typeof i === 'string') ? i : JSON.stringify(i);
+        });
+
+        // post message to parent window
+        window.parent.postMessage({
+          method: method,
+          arguments: args,
+          source: 'sketch'
+        }, '*');
+      };
+    });
+
+    // catch reference errors, via http://stackoverflow.com/a/12747364/2994108
+    window.onerror = function (msg, url, lineNo, columnNo, error) {
+        var string = msg.toLowerCase();
+        var substring = "script error";
+        var data = {};
+
+        if (string.indexOf(substring) > -1){
+          data = 'Script Error: See Browser Console for Detail';
+        } else {
+          data = msg + ' Line: ' + lineNo + 'column: ' + columnNo;
+        }
+        window.parent.postMessage({
+          method: 'error',
+          arguments: data,
+          source: 'sketch'
+        }, '*');
+      return false;
+    };
+  });
+</script>`;
+
 class PreviewFrame extends React.Component {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     if (this.props.isPlaying) {
       this.renderFrameContents();
     }
+
+    window.addEventListener('message', (msg) => {
+      if (msg.data.source === 'sketch') {
+        this.props.dispatchConsoleEvent(msg);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
@@ -70,21 +126,24 @@ class PreviewFrame extends React.Component {
       htmlFile = htmlFile.replace(fileRegex, `<style>\n${cssFile.content}\n</style>`);
     });
 
+    // const htmlHead = htmlFile.match(/(?:<head.*?>)([\s\S]*?)(?:<\/head>)/gmi);
+    // const headRegex = new RegExp('head', 'i');
+    // let htmlHeadContents = htmlHead[0].split(headRegex)[1];
+    // htmlHeadContents = htmlHeadContents.slice(1, htmlHeadContents.length - 2);
+    // htmlHeadContents += '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/preview-styles.css" />\n';
+    // htmlFile = htmlFile.replace(/(?:<head.*?>)([\s\S]*?)(?:<\/head>)/gmi, `<head>\n${htmlHeadContents}\n</head>`);
+    htmlFile += hijackConsoleScript;
+
     return htmlFile;
   }
 
   renderSketch() {
     const doc = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
     if (this.props.isPlaying) {
-      // TODO add polyfill for this
-      // doc.srcdoc = this.injectLocalFiles();
       srcDoc.set(doc, this.injectLocalFiles());
     } else {
-      // doc.srcdoc = '';
-      srcDoc.set(doc, '');
-      doc.contentWindow.document.open();
-      doc.contentWindow.document.write('');
-      doc.contentWindow.document.close();
+      doc.srcdoc = '';
+      srcDoc.set(doc, '  ');
     }
   }
 
@@ -106,7 +165,7 @@ class PreviewFrame extends React.Component {
         frameBorder="0"
         title="sketch output"
         sandbox="allow-scripts allow-pointer-lock allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms"
-      ></iframe>
+      />
     );
   }
 }
@@ -120,7 +179,9 @@ PreviewFrame.propTypes = {
   }),
   jsFiles: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
   cssFiles: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
-  files: PropTypes.array.isRequired
+  files: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
+  dispatchConsoleEvent: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  children: PropTypes.element
 };
 
 export default PreviewFrame;
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.js b/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.js
index b29bd5ea..236f3629 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/pages/IDEView.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Toolbar from '../components/Toolbar';
 import Preferences from '../components/Preferences';
 import NewFileModal from '../components/NewFileModal';
 import Nav from '../../../components/Nav';
+import Console from '../components/Console';
 import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import * as FileActions from '../actions/files';
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ class IDEView extends React.Component {
             <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/preview-styles.css" />
           }
           isPlaying={this.props.ide.isPlaying}
+          dispatchConsoleEvent={this.props.dispatchConsoleEvent}
+        />
+        <Console
+          consoleEvent={this.props.ide.consoleEvent}
+          isPlaying={this.props.ide.isPlaying}
         />
         {(() => {
           if (this.props.ide.modalIsVisible) {
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ class IDEView extends React.Component {
           return '';
         })()}
       </div>
+
     );
   }
 }
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ IDEView.propTypes = {
   saveProject: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   ide: PropTypes.shape({
     isPlaying: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+    consoleEvent: PropTypes.object,
     modalIsVisible: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     sidebarIsExpanded: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
   }).isRequired,
@@ -152,6 +160,7 @@ IDEView.propTypes = {
   htmlFile: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   jsFiles: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
   cssFiles: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
+  dispatchConsoleEvent: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   newFile: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   closeNewFileModal: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   expandSidebar: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
diff --git a/client/modules/IDE/reducers/ide.js b/client/modules/IDE/reducers/ide.js
index bdd646d6..de6ff414 100644
--- a/client/modules/IDE/reducers/ide.js
+++ b/client/modules/IDE/reducers/ide.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import * as ActionTypes from '../../../constants';
 const initialState = {
   isPlaying: false,
   selectedFile: '1',
+  consoleEvent: {
+    method: undefined,
+    arguments: []
+  },
   modalIsVisible: false,
   sidebarIsExpanded: true
 };
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ const ide = (state = initialState, action) => {
     case ActionTypes.SET_PROJECT:
     case ActionTypes.NEW_PROJECT:
       return Object.assign({}, state, { selectedFile: action.selectedFile });
+    case ActionTypes.CONSOLE_EVENT:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, { consoleEvent: action.event });
     case ActionTypes.SHOW_MODAL:
       return Object.assign({}, state, { modalIsVisible: true });
     case ActionTypes.HIDE_MODAL:
diff --git a/client/styles/abstracts/_variables.scss b/client/styles/abstracts/_variables.scss
index aea3f2fb..a006ff62 100644
--- a/client/styles/abstracts/_variables.scss
+++ b/client/styles/abstracts/_variables.scss
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ $dark-button-active-color: $white;
 $ide-border-color: #f4f4f4;
 $editor-selected-line-color: #f3f3f3;
 $input-border-color: #979797;
+
+$console-warn-color: #ffbe05;
+$console-error-color: #ff5f52;
diff --git a/client/styles/components/_console.scss b/client/styles/components/_console.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dd0e6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/styles/components/_console.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+.preview-console {
+	position: fixed;
+	width:100%;
+	height:60px;
+	right:0px;
+	bottom: 0px;
+	background:$dark-background-color;
+	z-index:1000;
+
+	& > {
+		position:relative;
+		text-align:left;
+	}
+
+	// assign styles to different types of console messages
+	.preview-console__log {
+		color: $dark-secondary-text-color;
+	}
+
+	.preview-console__error {
+		color: $console-error-color;
+	}
+
+	.preview-console__warn {
+		color: $console-warn-color;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/styles/main.scss b/client/styles/main.scss
index f93a6f35..170d84fb 100644
--- a/client/styles/main.scss
+++ b/client/styles/main.scss
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 @import 'components/sketch-list';
 @import 'components/sidebar';
 @import 'components/modal';
+@import 'components/console';
 
 @import 'layout/ide';
 @import 'layout/sketch-list';