diff --git a/src/cljs/ireadit/events.cljs b/src/cljs/ireadit/events.cljs
index cead295..211fdfc 100644
--- a/src/cljs/ireadit/events.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/ireadit/events.cljs
@@ -46,14 +46,16 @@
                    :format          (ajax/json-request-format)
                    :response-format (ajax/json-response-format)
                    :on-success      [:set-transcription]
-                   :on-failure      [:bad-transcription]}})))
+                   :on-failure      [:bad-transcription]}
+      :db (dissoc (dissoc db :transcription) :common/error)})))
 
 (rf/reg-event-fx
   :bad-transcription
   (fn
     [{db :db} [_ response]]
     ;; TODO: signal something has failed? It doesn't matter very much, unless it keeps failing.
-    (js/console.log (str "Failed to fetch transcription data" response))))
+    (js/console.log (str "Failed to fetch transcription data" response))
+    (assoc db :common/error response)))
 
 (rf/reg-event-db
   :common/set-error
diff --git a/src/cljs/ireadit/views/form.cljs b/src/cljs/ireadit/views/form.cljs
index 0814982..d1476f6 100644
--- a/src/cljs/ireadit/views/form.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/ireadit/views/form.cljs
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@
     [b/Row]
     [b/Row
      [:div.col-sm-12
-      [b/Alert {:color "success"} @(rf/subscribe [:transcription])]]]]])
+      [b/Alert {:color "success"} @(rf/subscribe [:transcription])]]]
+    [b/Row
+     [:div.col-sm-12
+      [b/Alert {:color "warning"} @(rf/subscribe [:common/error])]]]]])