diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
index ed4085ea8..1752743f7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
 
 using namespace MWGui;
 
@@ -102,5 +103,9 @@ void WindowManager::messageBox (const std::string& message, const std::vector<st
     std::cout << "message box: " << message << std::endl;
 
     if (!buttons.empty())
-        std::cerr << "error: message box buttons not supported" << std::endl;
+    {
+        std::cout << "buttons: ";
+        std::copy (buttons.begin(), buttons.end(), std::ostream_iterator<std::string> (std::cout, ", "));
+        std::cout << std::endl;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp b/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
index 7e7dcd18a..fbee0aa26 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
+++ b/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ namespace Interpreter
 
             virtual void execute (Runtime& runtime, unsigned int arg0)
             {
+                // message
+                int index = runtime[0].mInteger;
+                runtime.pop();
+                std::string message = runtime.getStringLiteral (index);
+
                 // buttons
                 std::vector<std::string> buttons;
 
@@ -31,11 +36,6 @@ namespace Interpreter
 
                 std::reverse (buttons.begin(), buttons.end());
 
-                // message
-                int index = runtime[0].mInteger;
-                runtime.pop();
-                std::string message = runtime.getStringLiteral (index);
-
                 // additional parameters
                 std::string formattedMessage;