diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/error_mapper.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/error_mapper.py
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+from planetstack.config import Config
+from util.logger import Logger, logging, logger
+
+class ErrorMapper:
+	def __init__(self, error_map_file):
+		self.error_map = {}
+		try:
+			error_map_lines = open(error_map_file).read().splitlines()
+			for l in error_map_lines:
+				if (not l.startswith('#')):
+					splits = l.split('->')
+					k,v = map(lambda i:i.rstrip(),splits)
+					self.error_map[k]=v
+		except:
+			logging.info('Could not read error map')
+
+
+	def map(self, error):
+		return self.error_map[error]
+
+
+
+
+
+