diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index 27a9a55e..9a53acd6 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ const Timeline = {
     }
   },
   computed: {
-    timelineError () { return this.$store.state.statuses.error },
+    timelineError () {
+      return this.$store.state.statuses.error
+    },
+    errorData () {
+      return this.$store.state.statuses.errorData
+    },
     newStatusCount () {
       return this.timeline.newStatusCount
     },
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index a6fba452..9777bd0c 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -11,15 +11,22 @@
       >
         {{ $t('timeline.error_fetching') }}
       </div>
+      <div
+        v-else-if="errorData"
+        class="loadmore-error alert error"
+        @click.prevent
+      >
+        {{ errorData.statusText }}
+      </div>
       <button
-        v-if="timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError"
+        v-if="timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError && !errorData"
         class="loadmore-button"
         @click.prevent="showNewStatuses"
       >
         {{ $t('timeline.show_new') }}{{ newStatusCountStr }}
       </button>
       <div
-        v-if="!timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError"
+        v-if="!timeline.newStatusCount > 0 && !timelineError && !errorData"
         class="loadmore-text faint"
         @click.prevent
       >
@@ -67,12 +74,18 @@
         {{ $t('timeline.no_more_statuses') }}
       </div>
       <a
-        v-else-if="!timeline.loading"
+        v-else-if="!timeline.loading && !errorData"
         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/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index f11ffdcd..e3a1f293 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const defaultState = () => ({
   notifications: emptyNotifications(),
   favorites: new Set(),
   error: false,
+  errorData: null,
   timelines: {
     mentions: emptyTl(),
     public: emptyTl(),
@@ -479,6 +480,9 @@ export const mutations = {
   setError (state, { value }) {
     state.error = value
   },
+  setErrorData (state, { value }) {
+    state.errorData = value
+  },
   setNotificationsLoading (state, { value }) {
     state.notifications.loading = value
   },
@@ -528,6 +532,9 @@ const statuses = {
     setError ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setError', { value })
     },
+    setErrorData ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
+      commit('setErrorData', { value })
+    },
     setNotificationsLoading ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setNotificationsLoading', { value })
     },
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 68be0d50..7eb0547e 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -529,16 +529,24 @@ const fetchTimeline = ({
 
   const queryString = map(params, (param) => `${param[0]}=${param[1]}`).join('&')
   url += `?${queryString}`
-
+  let status = ''
+  let statusText = ''
   return fetch(url, { headers: authHeaders(credentials) })
     .then((data) => {
-      if (data.ok) {
-        return data
-      }
-      throw new Error('Error fetching timeline', data)
+      status = data.status
+      statusText = data.statusText
+      return data
     })
     .then((data) => data.json())
-    .then((data) => data.map(isNotifications ? parseNotification : parseStatus))
+    .then((data) => {
+      if (!data.error) {
+        return data.map(isNotifications ? parseNotification : parseStatus)
+      } else {
+        data.status = status
+        data.statusText = statusText
+        return data
+      }
+    })
 }
 
 const fetchPinnedStatuses = ({ id, credentials }) => {
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index 9eb30c2d..c6b28ad5 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const update = ({ store, statuses, timeline, showImmediately, userId }) => {
   const ccTimeline = camelCase(timeline)
 
   store.dispatch('setError', { value: false })
+  store.dispatch('setErrorData', { value: null })
 
   store.dispatch('addNewStatuses', {
     timeline: ccTimeline,
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({
 
   return apiService.fetchTimeline(args)
     .then((statuses) => {
+      if (statuses.error) {
+        store.dispatch('setErrorData', { value: statuses })
+        return
+      }
       if (!older && statuses.length >= 20 && !timelineData.loading && numStatusesBeforeFetch > 0) {
         store.dispatch('queueFlush', { timeline: timeline, id: timelineData.maxId })
       }