diff --git a/ui/js/actions/content.js b/ui/js/actions/content.js
index 8e6d12e55..fa8bde671 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/content.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/content.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "selectors/file_info";
 import { selectResolvingUris } from "selectors/content";
 import { selectCostInfoForUri } from "selectors/cost_info";
-import { doOpenModal } from "actions/app";
+import { doAlertError, doOpenModal } from "actions/app";
 import { doClaimEligiblePurchaseRewards } from "actions/rewards";
 import { selectBadgeNumber } from "selectors/app";
 import { selectTotalDownloadProgress } from "selectors/file_info";
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ export function doStartDownload(uri, outpoint) {
     if (downloadingByOutpoint[outpoint]) return;
 
     lbry.file_list({ outpoint, full_status: true }).then(([fileInfo]) => {
+
       dispatch({
         type: types.DOWNLOADING_STARTED,
         data: {
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ export function doLoadVideo(uri) {
       } else {
         dispatch(doDownloadFile(uri, streamInfo));
       }
+    }).catch(error => {
+      dispatch(doAlertError(error));
     });
   };
 }
@@ -452,4 +455,4 @@ export function doPublish(params) {
       lbry.publishDeprecated(params, null, success, failure);
     });
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ui/js/component/modalError/view.jsx b/ui/js/component/modalError/view.jsx
index 8090c4282..49b4e51c7 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/modalError/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/modalError/view.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class ModalError extends React.PureComponent {
   render() {
     const { modal, closeModal, error } = this.props;
 
-    const errorObj = typeof error === "string" ? { error: error } : error;
+    const errorObj = typeof error === "string" ? { message: error } : error;
 
     const error_key_labels = {
       connectionString: __("API connection string"),
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ class ModalError extends React.PureComponent {
     };
 
     const errorInfoList = [];
-    for (let key of Object.keys(error)) {
-      let val = typeof error[key] == "string"
-        ? error[key]
-        : JSON.stringify(error[key]);
+    for (let key of Object.keys(errorObj)) {
+      let val = typeof errorObj[key] == "string"
+        ? errorObj[key]
+        : JSON.stringify(errorObj[key]);
       let label = error_key_labels[key];
       errorInfoList.push(
         <li key={key}><strong>{label}</strong>: <code>{val}</code></li>
diff --git a/ui/js/jsonrpc.js b/ui/js/jsonrpc.js
index 42c16fa1a..e9807bea7 100644
--- a/ui/js/jsonrpc.js
+++ b/ui/js/jsonrpc.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jsonrpc.call = function(
   xhr.addEventListener("load", function() {
     var response = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
 
-    let error = response.error || response.result && response.result.error
+    let error = response.error || response.result && response.result.error;
     if (error) {
       if (errorCallback) {
         errorCallback(error);