diff --git a/lib/js-recipe.js b/lib/js-recipe.js
index 38bd957..49e736b 100644
--- a/lib/js-recipe.js
+++ b/lib/js-recipe.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * hint - boolean or object passed through to gulp-jshint
  * angular - boolean or object passed through to gulp-ng-annotate
  * sourcemaps - boolean (true for dev by default)
- * browserify - boolean
+ * browserify - boolean or object passed through to browserify
  */
 
 // Gulp deps:
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var gulpConnect = require('gulp-connect');
 var gulpUglify = require('gulp-uglify');
 var gulpUtil = require('gulp-util');
 var map = require('map-stream');
+var notifier = require('node-notifier');
 
 // Optional deps:
 var browserify = require('browserify');
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ function jsBase (src, out, dest, options, watch) {
     if (watch) {
       bundler = watchify(browserify(src, _.extend({
         debug: options.sourcemaps
-      }, watchify.args)));
+      }, options.browserify, watchify.args)));
     } else {
       bundler = browserify(src, {
         debug: options.sourcemaps
@@ -129,8 +130,13 @@ function jsBase (src, out, dest, options, watch) {
       js = bundler.bundle()
         // Log errors if they happen
         .on('error', function (e) {
-          gulpUtil.log('Browserify Error: "' + e.description + '"');
-          gulpUtil.log(e.lineNumber + ', ' + e.column + ': ' + e.filename);
+          var title = 'Browserify Error';
+          var message = e.message;
+          gulpUtil.log(title + ':\n' + message);
+          notifier.notify({
+            title: title,
+            message: message
+          });
         })
         .pipe(vinylSourceStream(out));
     }
diff --git a/lib/less-recipe.js b/lib/less-recipe.js
index 190bb17..8e15e68 100644
--- a/lib/less-recipe.js
+++ b/lib/less-recipe.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var gulpConcat = require('gulp-concat');
 var gulpConnect = require('gulp-connect');
 var gulpLess = require('gulp-less');
 var gulpSourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
+var notifier = require('node-notifier');
 
 // Unused.  This would be handy for determining
 // which tasks to watch.
@@ -69,7 +70,16 @@ function less (src, out, options) {
       // Pass options along to gulp-less:
       gulpLess(options.less)
       // Log less error messages:
-      .on('error', gulpUtil.log)
+      .on('error', function (e) {
+          var title = 'Less Error';
+          var message = e.message;
+          gulpUtil.log(title + ':\n' + message);
+          notifier.notify({
+            title: title,
+            message: message
+          });
+
+      })
     );
   if (options.sourcemaps) {
     stream = stream.pipe(gulpSourcemaps.write());
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67e3e14..f691334 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "gulp-jade": "^0.9.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "less-imports": "^1.1.0",
-    "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0"
+    "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0",
+    "node-notifier": "^4.0.2"
   }
 }