diff -up ./wrappers/cpp/cppview.cpp.noabort ./wrappers/cpp/cppview.cpp
--- ./wrappers/cpp/cppview.cpp.noabort	2016-02-21 11:03:00.653334752 -0500
+++ ./wrappers/cpp/cppview.cpp	2016-02-21 11:04:51.022655752 -0500
@@ -348,7 +348,13 @@ void *gl_threadfunc(void *arg)
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-	device = &freenect.createDevice<MyFreenectDevice>(0);
+    try {
+	    device = &freenect.createDevice<MyFreenectDevice>(0);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception &e) {
+        std::cerr << std::endl << "Exception starting Freenect device : " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        exit(1);
+    }
 	device->startVideo();
 	device->startDepth();
 	gl_threadfunc(NULL);