diff --git a/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.cpp b/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.cpp
index 4f91dfc95..84bd7fd5f 100644
--- a/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.cpp
+++ b/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.cpp
@@ -54,13 +54,28 @@ OBProcess::OBProcess(QObject *parent_) :
       env.insert("BABEL_DATADIR",
                  QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/data");
 #else
-      // FIXME: Hardwiring a versioned subdirectory for now.
-      env.insert("BABEL_DATADIR",
-                 QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
-                 + "/../share/openbabel/2.3.2");
-      env.insert("BABEL_LIBDIR",
-                 QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
-                 + "/../lib/openbabel/2.3.2");
+      QDir dir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../share/openbabel");
+      QStringList filters;
+      filters << "2.*";
+      QStringList dirs = dir.entryList(filters);
+      if (dirs.size() == 1) {
+        env.insert("BABEL_DATADIR",
+                   QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+                   + "/../share/openbabel/" + dirs[0]);
+      }
+      else {
+        qDebug() << "Error, Open Babel data directory not found.";
+      }
+      dir.setPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../lib/openbabel");
+      dirs = dir.entryList(filters);
+      if (dirs.size() == 1) {
+        env.insert("BABEL_LIBDIR",
+                   QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+                   + "/../lib/openbabel/" + dirs[0]);
+      }
+      else {
+        qDebug() << "Error, Open Babel plugins directory not found.";
+      }
 #endif
       m_process->setProcessEnvironment(env);
     }
@@ -91,6 +106,16 @@ void OBProcess::abort()
   emit aborted();
 }
 
+void OBProcess::obError()
+{
+  qDebug() << "Process encountered an error, and did not execute correctly.";
+  if (m_process) {
+    qDebug() << "\tExit code:" << m_process->exitCode();
+    qDebug() << "\tExit status:" << m_process->exitStatus();
+    qDebug() << "\tExit output:" << m_process->readAll();
+  }
+}
+
 bool OBProcess::queryReadFormats()
 {
   if (!tryLockProcess()) {
@@ -345,6 +370,8 @@ void OBProcess::executeObabel(const QStringList &options,
   if (receiver) {
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(finished(int)), receiver, slot);
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), receiver, slot);
+    connect(m_process, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)),
+            this, SLOT(obError()));
   }
 
   // Start process
diff --git a/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.h b/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.h
index e2c412d51..7122dac20 100644
--- a/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.h
+++ b/avogadro/qtplugins/openbabel/obprocess.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ public slots:
    */
   void abort();
 
+  /**
+   * Called when an error in the process occurs.
+   */
+  void obError();
+
 signals:
   /**
    * Emitted when the abort() method has been called.