diff --git a/src/notifications.c b/src/notifications.c
index 8c6ee5c..a6cde97 100644
--- a/src/notifications.c
+++ b/src/notifications.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void content_notifications(struct session* ssn, mastodont_t* api, char** data)
             mstdnt_cleanup_notifications(notifs, notifs_len);
         }
         else
-            notif_html = construct_error("Couldn't load notifications", NULL);
+            notif_html = construct_error(storage.error, NULL);
 
     }
  
diff --git a/src/timeline.c b/src/timeline.c
index b4c1e27..1ca0a79 100644
--- a/src/timeline.c
+++ b/src/timeline.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void tl_public(struct session* ssn, mastodont_t* api, int local)
     
     if (mastodont_timeline_public(api, &args, &storage, &statuses, &status_count))
     {
-        status_format = construct_error("An error occured loading the timeline", NULL);
+        status_format = construct_error(storage.error, NULL);
     }
     else {
         // Construct statuses into HTML