diff --git a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Commands/Current/Firmware/FirmwareWriteCommand.cs b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Commands/Current/Firmware/FirmwareWriteCommand.cs
index a1490a2a..6fe89c49 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Commands/Current/Firmware/FirmwareWriteCommand.cs
+++ b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Commands/Current/Firmware/FirmwareWriteCommand.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class FirmwareWriteCommand : BaseDeviceCommand<FirmwareWriteCommand>
     private FileManager FileManager { get; }
     private ISettingsManager Settings { get; }
 
+    private string DFU_USB_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Operation not supported or unimplemented on this platform";
+
     public FirmwareWriteCommand(ISettingsManager settingsManager, FileManager fileManager, MeadowConnectionManager connectionManager, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         : base(connectionManager, loggerFactory)
     {
@@ -181,7 +183,22 @@ protected override async ValueTask ExecuteCommand()
 
             // do we have a dfu device attached, or is DFU specified?
             var provider = new LibUsbProvider();
-            var dfuDevice = GetLibUsbDeviceForCurrentEnvironment(provider);
+
+            ILibUsbDevice? dfuDevice = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                dfuDevice = GetLibUsbDeviceForCurrentEnvironment(provider);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                if (ex.Message.Contains(DFU_USB_ERROR_MESSAGE))
+                {
+                    var msg = "Exception: " + ex.Message + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + Strings.DfuUsbErrorMessage;
+                    throw new CommandException(msg, ex);
+                }
+            }
+
             bool ignoreSerial = IgnoreSerialNumberForDfu(provider);
 
             if (dfuDevice != null)
diff --git a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Meadow.CLI.csproj b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Meadow.CLI.csproj
index 15172167..d65936dd 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Meadow.CLI.csproj
+++ b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Meadow.CLI.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <Authors>Wilderness Labs, Inc</Authors>
     <Company>Wilderness Labs, Inc</Company>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <PackageVersion>2.0.66.0</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>2.0.67.0</PackageVersion>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU</Platforms>
     <PackageProjectUrl>http://developer.wildernesslabs.co/Meadow/Meadow.CLI/</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/WildernessLabs/Meadow.CLI</RepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 49850bde..e66de821 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ namespace Meadow.CLI;
 
 public static class Constants
 {
-    public const string CLI_VERSION = "2.0.66.0";
+    public const string CLI_VERSION = "2.0.67.0";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Strings.cs b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Strings.cs
index 43dbfc18..620c54da 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.CLI/Strings.cs
+++ b/Source/Meadow.CLI/Strings.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-using Meadow.Telemetry;
-using Spectre.Console;
-
-namespace Meadow.CLI;
+namespace Meadow.CLI;
 
 public static class Strings
 {
@@ -71,8 +68,9 @@ public static class Strings
     public const string AppDeployFailed = "Application deploy failed";
     public const string AppDeployedSuccessfully = "Application deployed successfully";
     public const string AppTrimFailed = "Application trimming failed";
-	  public const string WithConfiguration = "with configuration";
-	  public const string At = "at";
+    public const string WithConfiguration = "with configuration";
+    public const string At = "at";
+    public const string DfuUsbErrorMessage = "Found a DFU device but couldn't identify it as Meadow hardware. \r\nEnsure your device is in DFU mode and is correctly recognized by the host development machine.";
 
     public static class Telemetry
     {