diff --git a/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor b/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
index 899d50407f..bc88661530 100755
--- a/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
+++ b/core/vocabs/loader/loader-docs.factor
@@ -124,15 +124,12 @@ HELP: refresh
 { $values { "prefix" string } }
 { $description "Reloads source files and documentation belonging to loaded vocabularies whose names are prefixed by " { $snippet "prefix" } " which have been modified on disk." } ;
 
+HELP: refresh-all-error
+{ $values { "vocabs" "a sequence of vocabularies" } }
+{ $description "Throws a " { $link require-all-error } "." }
+{ $error-description "Thrown by " { $link require-all } " if one or more vocabulary failed to load." } ;
+
 HELP: refresh-all
 { $description "Reloads source files and documentation for all loaded vocabularies which have been modified on disk." } ;
 
 { refresh refresh-all } related-words
-
-HELP: vocab-file-contents
-{ $values { "vocab" "a vocabulary specifier" } { "name" string } { "seq" "a sequence of lines, or " { $link f } } }
-{ $description "Outputs the contents of the file named " { $snippet "name" } " from the vocabulary's directory, or " { $link f } " if the file does not exist." } ;
-
-HELP: set-vocab-file-contents
-{ $values { "seq" "a sequence of lines" } { "vocab" "a vocabulary specifier" } { "name" string } }
-{ $description "Stores a sequence of lines to the file named " { $snippet "name" } " from the vocabulary's directory." } ;
diff --git a/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor b/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
index f2c5b2a012..6e6d1923e0 100755
--- a/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
+++ b/core/vocabs/loader/loader.factor
@@ -148,16 +148,31 @@ SYMBOL: load-help?
     dup update-roots
     dup modified-sources swap modified-docs ;
 
-: require-restart { { "Ignore this vocabulary" t } } ;
+: load-error. ( vocab error -- )
+    "While loading " swap dup >vocab-link write-object ":" print
+    print-error ;
 
-: require-all ( seq -- )
-    [
+TUPLE: require-all-error vocabs ;
+
+: require-all-error ( vocabs -- )
+    \ require-all-error construct-boa throw ;
+
+M: require-all-error summary
+    drop "The require-all operation failed" ;
+
+: require-all ( vocabs -- )
+    dup length 1 = [ first require ] [
         [
-            [ require ]
-            [ require-restart rethrow-restarts 2drop ]
-            recover
-        ] each
-    ] with-compiler-errors ;
+            [
+                [ [ require ] [ 2array , ] recover ] each
+            ] { } make
+            dup empty? [ drop ] [
+                "==== LOAD ERRORS:" print
+                dup [ nl load-error. ] assoc-each
+                keys require-all-error
+            ] if
+        ] with-compiler-errors
+    ] if ;
 
 : do-refresh ( modified-sources modified-docs -- )
     2dup
@@ -190,22 +205,3 @@ load-vocab-hook set-global
 M: vocab where vocab-where ;
 
 M: vocab-link where vocab-where ;
-
-: vocab-file-contents ( vocab name -- seq )
-    vocab-path+ dup [
-        ?resource-path dup exists? [
-            <file-reader> lines
-        ] [
-            drop f
-        ] if
-    ] when ;
-
-: set-vocab-file-contents ( seq vocab name -- )
-    dupd vocab-path+ [
-        ?resource-path
-        <file-writer> [ [ print ] each ] with-stream
-    ] [
-        "The " swap vocab-name
-        " vocabulary was not loaded from the file system"
-        3append throw
-    ] ?if ;
diff --git a/extra/bootstrap/io/io.factor b/extra/bootstrap/io/io.factor
index 065f7dd5c4..4d5440e546 100755
--- a/extra/bootstrap/io/io.factor
+++ b/extra/bootstrap/io/io.factor
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ IN: bootstrap.io
         { [ wince? ] [ "windows.ce" ] }
     } cond append require
 ] when
+
+"vocabs.monitor" require