diff --git a/lib/gui/app.js b/lib/gui/app.js
index e5da33c9..c4a0c56e 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app.js
@@ -143,7 +143,17 @@ app.run(($timeout, DriveScannerService, DrivesModel, ErrorService) => {
     });
   });
 
-  DriveScannerService.on('error', ErrorService.reportException);
+  DriveScannerService.on('error', (error) => {
+
+    // Stop the drive scanning loop in case of errors,
+    // otherwise we risk presenting the same error over
+    // and over again to the user, while also heavily
+    // spamming our error reporting service.
+    DriveScannerService.stop();
+
+    return ErrorService.reportException(error);
+  });
+
   DriveScannerService.start();
 });