diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87123ddc..22a7af9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed the occasional bug where screen would scroll 1px when typing into a reply form
+- Fixed timeline errors locking timelines
+
+### Changed
+- Errors when fetching are now shown with popup errors instead of "Error fetching updates" in panel headers
 - Fixed custom emoji not working in profile field names
 - Fixed pinned statuses not appearing in user profiles
 
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index bd875cca..b976026e 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
             class="badge badge-notification unseen-count"
           >{{ unseenCount }}</span>
         </div>
-        <div
-          v-if="error"
-          class="loadmore-error alert error"
-          @click.prevent
-        >
-          {{ $t('timeline.error_fetching') }}
-        </div>
         <button
           v-if="unseenCount"
           class="read-button"
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index cba46daf..665d195e 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -50,17 +50,10 @@ const Timeline = {
     TimelineMenu
   },
   computed: {
-    timelineError () {
-      return this.$store.state.statuses.error
-    },
-    errorData () {
-      return this.$store.state.statuses.errorData
-    },
     newStatusCount () {
       return this.timeline.newStatusCount
     },
     showLoadButton () {
-      if (this.timelineError || this.errorData) return false
       return this.timeline.newStatusCount > 0 || this.timeline.flushMarker !== 0
     },
     loadButtonString () {
@@ -171,11 +164,12 @@ const Timeline = {
         userId: this.userId,
         tag: this.tag
       }).then(({ statuses }) => {
-        store.commit('setLoading', { timeline: this.timelineName, value: false })
         if (statuses && statuses.length === 0) {
           this.bottomedOut = true
         }
-      })
+      }).finally(() =>
+        store.commit('setLoading', { timeline: this.timelineName, value: false })
+      )
     }, 1000, this),
     determineVisibleStatuses () {
       if (!this.$refs.timeline) return
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index 04859852..d4da2a87 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -2,22 +2,8 @@
   <div :class="[classes.root, 'Timeline']">
     <div :class="classes.header">
       <TimelineMenu v-if="!embedded" />
-      <div
-        v-if="timelineError"
-        class="loadmore-error alert error"
-        @click.prevent
-      >
-        {{ $t('timeline.error_fetching') }}
-      </div>
-      <div
-        v-else-if="errorData"
-        class="loadmore-error alert error"
-        @click.prevent
-      >
-        {{ errorData.statusText }}
-      </div>
       <button
-        v-else-if="showLoadButton"
+        v-if="showLoadButton"
         class="loadmore-button"
         @click.prevent="showNewStatuses"
       >
@@ -76,18 +62,12 @@
         {{ $t('timeline.no_more_statuses') }}
       </div>
       <a
-        v-else-if="!timeline.loading && !errorData"
+        v-else-if="!timeline.loading"
         href="#"
         @click.prevent="fetchOlderStatuses()"
       >
         <div class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer">{{ $t('timeline.load_older') }}</div>
       </a>
-      <a
-        v-else-if="errorData"
-        href="#"
-      >
-        <div class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer">{{ errorData.error }}</div>
-      </a>
       <div
         v-else
         class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer"
diff --git a/src/components/timeline_menu/timeline_menu.js b/src/components/timeline_menu/timeline_menu.js
index 4ccd52b4..ef8a5813 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline_menu/timeline_menu.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline_menu/timeline_menu.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ library.add(
   faChevronDown
 )
 
-// Route -> i18n key mapping, exported andnot in the computed
+// Route -> i18n key mapping, exported and not in the computed
 // because nav panel benefits from the same information.
 export const timelineNames = () => {
   return {
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ export const timelineNames = () => {
     'bookmarks': 'nav.bookmarks',
     'dms': 'nav.dms',
     'public-timeline': 'nav.public_tl',
-    'public-external-timeline': 'nav.twkn',
-    'tag-timeline': 'tag'
+    'public-external-timeline': 'nav.twkn'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index d3d57562..3f6ae372 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
   },
   "notifications": {
     "broken_favorite": "Unknown status, searching for it…",
+    "error": "Error fetching notifications: {0}",
     "favorited_you": "favorited your status",
     "followed_you": "followed you",
     "follow_request": "wants to follow you",
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@
   "timeline": {
     "collapse": "Collapse",
     "conversation": "Conversation",
-    "error_fetching": "Error fetching updates",
+    "error": "Error fetching timeline: {0}",
     "load_older": "Load older statuses",
     "no_retweet_hint": "Post is marked as followers-only or direct and cannot be repeated",
     "repeated": "repeated",
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index e673141d..33c68c57 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ const emptyNotifications = () => ({
   minId: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
   data: [],
   idStore: {},
-  loading: false,
-  error: false
+  loading: false
 })
 
 export const defaultState = () => ({
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ export const defaultState = () => ({
   maxId: 0,
   notifications: emptyNotifications(),
   favorites: new Set(),
-  error: false,
-  errorData: null,
   timelines: {
     mentions: emptyTl(),
     public: emptyTl(),
@@ -462,18 +459,9 @@ export const mutations = {
     const newStatus = state.allStatusesObject[id]
     newStatus.nsfw = nsfw
   },
-  setError (state, { value }) {
-    state.error = value
-  },
-  setErrorData (state, { value }) {
-    state.errorData = value
-  },
   setNotificationsLoading (state, { value }) {
     state.notifications.loading = value
   },
-  setNotificationsError (state, { value }) {
-    state.notifications.error = value
-  },
   setNotificationsSilence (state, { value }) {
     state.notifications.desktopNotificationSilence = value
   },
@@ -588,18 +576,9 @@ const statuses = {
       }
       commit('addNewNotifications', { dispatch, notifications, older, rootGetters, newNotificationSideEffects })
     },
-    setError ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
-      commit('setError', { value })
-    },
-    setErrorData ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
-      commit('setErrorData', { value })
-    },
     setNotificationsLoading ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setNotificationsLoading', { value })
     },
-    setNotificationsError ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
-      commit('setNotificationsError', { value })
-    },
     setNotificationsSilence ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setNotificationsSilence', { value })
     },
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 22b5e8ba..8da933c4 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ const fetchTimeline = ({
     })
     .then((data) => data.json())
     .then((data) => {
-      if (!data.error) {
+      if (!data.errors) {
         return { data: data.map(isNotifications ? parseNotification : parseStatus), pagination }
       } else {
         data.status = status
diff --git a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
index c908b644..beeb167c 100644
--- a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
 import { promiseInterval } from '../promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
 
 const update = ({ store, notifications, older }) => {
-  store.dispatch('setNotificationsError', { value: false })
   store.dispatch('addNewNotifications', { notifications, older })
 }
 
@@ -47,11 +46,22 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials, older = false }) => {
 
 const fetchNotifications = ({ store, args, older }) => {
   return apiService.fetchTimeline(args)
-    .then(({ data: notifications }) => {
+    .then((response) => {
+      if (response.errors) {
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
+      }
+      const notifications = response.data
       update({ store, notifications, older })
       return notifications
-    }, () => store.dispatch('setNotificationsError', { value: true }))
-    .catch(() => store.dispatch('setNotificationsError', { value: true }))
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
+        level: 'error',
+        messageKey: 'notifications.error',
+        messageArgs: [error.message],
+        timeout: 5000
+      })
+    })
 }
 
 const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index 72ea4890..921df3ed 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ import { promiseInterval } from '../promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
 const update = ({ store, statuses, timeline, showImmediately, userId, pagination }) => {
   const ccTimeline = camelCase(timeline)
 
-  store.dispatch('setError', { value: false })
-  store.dispatch('setErrorData', { value: null })
-
   store.dispatch('addNewStatuses', {
     timeline: ccTimeline,
     userId,
@@ -52,9 +49,8 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({
 
   return apiService.fetchTimeline(args)
     .then(response => {
-      if (response.error) {
-        store.dispatch('setErrorData', { value: response })
-        return
+      if (response.errors) {
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
       }
 
       const { data: statuses, pagination } = response
@@ -63,7 +59,15 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({
       }
       update({ store, statuses, timeline, showImmediately, userId, pagination })
       return { statuses, pagination }
-    }, () => store.dispatch('setError', { value: true }))
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
+        level: 'error',
+        messageKey: 'timeline.error',
+        messageArgs: [error.message],
+        timeout: 5000
+      })
+    })
 }
 
 const startFetching = ({ timeline = 'friends', credentials, store, userId = false, tag = false }) => {
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
index dcf066f9..80092b41 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/user_profile.spec.js
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ const localVue = createLocalVue()
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 
 const mutations = {
-  clearTimeline: () => {},
-  setError: () => {}
+  clearTimeline: () => {}
 }
 
 const actions = {