diff --git a/src/scripts/background.ts b/src/scripts/background.ts
index 5e5abf4..ffe4467 100644
--- a/src/scripts/background.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/background.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async function lbryPathnameFromVideoId(videoId: string): Promise<string | void>
 }
 
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(({ videoId }: { videoId: string }, sender, sendResponse) => {
-  lbryPathnameFromVideoId(videoId).then((lbryPathname) => sendResponse(lbryPathname))
+  lbryPathnameFromVideoId(videoId).then((lbryPathname) => sendResponse(lbryPathname)).catch((err) => sendResponse(err))
   return true
 })
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/ytContent.tsx b/src/scripts/ytContent.tsx
index d267eb8..1373cfd 100644
--- a/src/scripts/ytContent.tsx
+++ b/src/scripts/ytContent.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ async function findVideoElement() {
 
 // We should get this from background, so the caching works and we don't get errors in the future if yt decides to impliment CORS
 async function requestLbryPathname(videoId: string) {
-  return await new Promise<string | null>((resolve) => chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ videoId }, resolve))
+  const response = await new Promise<string | null | Error>((resolve) => chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ videoId }, resolve))
+  if (response instanceof Error) throw response
+  return response
 }
 
 // Start