diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/base/BaseNfcActivity.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/base/BaseNfcActivity.java
index 2c2cb6067..365d32918 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/base/BaseNfcActivity.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/base/BaseNfcActivity.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.PassphraseDialogActivity;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.ViewKeyActivity;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.util.KeyFormattingUtils;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.util.Notify;
-import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.util.Notify.ActionListener;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.util.Notify.Style;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.util.Iso7816TLV;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.util.Log;
@@ -68,14 +67,18 @@ public abstract class BaseNfcActivity extends BaseActivity {
             try {
                 handleNdefDiscoveredIntent(intent);
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                Log.e(Constants.TAG, "Connection error!", e);
-                toast("Connection Error: " + e.getMessage());
-                setResult(RESULT_CANCELED);
-                finish();
+                handleNfcError(e);
             }
         }
     }
 
+    public void handleNfcError(IOException e) {
+
+        Log.e(Constants.TAG, "nfc error", e);
+        Notify.create(this, getString(R.string.error_nfc, e.getMessage()), Style.WARN).show();
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called when the system is about to start resuming a previous activity,
      * disables NFC Foreground Dispatch
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 6aefbc7f5..402dcdf7c 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1278,5 +1278,6 @@
     <string name="yubikey_status_partly">"Yubikey matches, partly bound to key"</string>
     <string name="btn_import">"Import"</string>
     <string name="snack_yubi_other">Different key stored on Yubikey!</string>
+    <string name="error_nfc">"NFC Error: %s"</string>
 
 </resources>