diff --git a/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.cpp b/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.cpp
index 047356805..b84a6823a 100644
--- a/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.cpp
+++ b/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.cpp
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ StandardCalculatorViewModel::StandardCalculatorViewModel()
     AreProgrammerRadixOperatorsVisible = false;
 }
 
-String ^ StandardCalculatorViewModel::LocalizeDisplayValue(_In_ wstring const& displayValue)
+String ^ StandardCalculatorViewModel::LocalizeDisplayValue(_In_ wstring const& displayValue, _In_ bool isError = false)
 {
     wstring result(displayValue);
 
     // Adds leading padding 0's to Programmer Mode's Binary Display
-    if (IsProgrammer && CurrentRadixType == NumberBase::BinBase)
+    if (IsProgrammer && CurrentRadixType == NumberBase::BinBase && !isError)
     {
         result = AddPadding(result);
     }
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ String ^ StandardCalculatorViewModel::GetNarratorStringReadRawNumbers(_In_ Strin
 
 void StandardCalculatorViewModel::SetPrimaryDisplay(_In_ String ^ displayStringValue, _In_ bool isError)
 {
-    String ^ localizedDisplayStringValue = LocalizeDisplayValue(displayStringValue->Data());
+    String ^ localizedDisplayStringValue = LocalizeDisplayValue(displayStringValue->Data(), isError);
 
     // Set this variable before the DisplayValue is modified, Otherwise the DisplayValue will
     // not match what the narrator is saying
diff --git a/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.h b/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.h
index 160a7fe8c..cef586238 100644
--- a/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.h
+++ b/src/CalcViewModel/StandardCalculatorViewModel.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ namespace CalculatorApp
             Platform::String ^ m_selectedExpressionLastData;
             Common::DisplayExpressionToken ^ m_selectedExpressionToken;
 
-            Platform::String ^ LocalizeDisplayValue(_In_ std::wstring const& displayValue);
+            Platform::String ^ LocalizeDisplayValue(_In_ std::wstring const& displayValue, _In_ bool isError);
             Platform::String
                 ^ CalculateNarratorDisplayValue(_In_ std::wstring const& displayValue, _In_ Platform::String ^ localizedDisplayValue);
             CalculatorApp::ViewModel::Common::Automation::NarratorAnnouncement ^ GetDisplayUpdatedNarratorAnnouncement();