diff --git a/impression/printer_watch.py b/impression/printer_watch.py
index dc45ba0b..eb0375b3 100755
--- a/impression/printer_watch.py
+++ b/impression/printer_watch.py
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ from time import time
 import json
 from md5 import md5
 
+STATUS_FILE = "/usr/scripts/var/impression/printer_watch_status.json"
+STATUS_MESSAGE_FILE = "/usr/scripts/var/impression/error_message"
+
 successfuly_imported = False
 try:
-    with open("/usr/scripts/var/impression/printer_watch_status.json", "r") as to_load:
+    with open(STATUS_FILE, "r") as to_load:
         extracted_dict = json.load(to_load)
     try:
         last_status = extracted_dict[u"last_status"]
@@ -60,5 +63,9 @@ elif successfuly_imported:
 else:
     message_id = None
 
-with open("/usr/scripts/var/impression/printer_watch_status.json", "w") as dump_file:
-        json.dump({u"last_status": status[0], u"message_id": message_id}, dump_file)
+with open(STATUS_FILE, "w") as dump_file:
+    json.dump({u"last_status": status[0], u"message_id": message_id}, dump_file)
+
+with open(STATUS_MESSAGE_FILE, 'w') as f:
+    if message_id:
+        f.write(message_id)