diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/App.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/App.tsx
index 9e95d2fbd..005d101aa 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/App.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/App.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   useLocation,
   useRouteMatch,
 } from "react-router-dom";
-import { IntlProvider, CustomFormats } from "react-intl";
+import { IntlProvider, CustomFormats, FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
 import { Helmet } from "react-helmet";
 import cloneDeep from "lodash-es/cloneDeep";
 import mergeWith from "lodash-es/mergeWith";
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { ConnectionMonitor } from "./ConnectionMonitor";
 import { PatchFunction } from "./patch";
 
 import moment from "moment/min/moment-with-locales";
+import { ErrorMessage } from "./components/Shared/ErrorMessage";
 
 const Performers = lazyComponent(
   () => import("./components/Performers/Performers")
@@ -102,6 +103,14 @@ const AppContainer: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<{}>> = PatchFunction(
   }
 ) as React.FC;
 
+const MainContainer: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className={`main container-fluid ${appleRendering ? "apple" : ""}`}>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 function translateLanguageLocale(l: string) {
   // intl doesn't support all locales, so we need to map some to supported ones
   switch (l) {
@@ -287,14 +296,40 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
 
   const titleProps = makeTitleProps();
 
+  if (!messages) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (config.error) {
+    return (
+      <IntlProvider
+        locale={intlLanguage}
+        messages={messages}
+        formats={intlFormats}
+      >
+        <MainContainer>
+          <ErrorMessage
+            message={
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="errors.loading_type"
+                values={{ type: "configuration" }}
+              />
+            }
+            error={config.error.message}
+          />
+        </MainContainer>
+      </IntlProvider>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <ErrorBoundary>
-      {messages ? (
-        <IntlProvider
-          locale={intlLanguage}
-          messages={messages}
-          formats={intlFormats}
-        >
+      <IntlProvider
+        locale={intlLanguage}
+        messages={messages}
+        formats={intlFormats}
+      >
+        <ToastProvider>
           <PluginsLoader>
             <AppContainer>
               <ConfigurationProvider
@@ -302,31 +337,23 @@ export const App: React.FC = () => {
                 loading={config.loading}
               >
                 {maybeRenderReleaseNotes()}
-                <ToastProvider>
-                  <ConnectionMonitor />
-                  <Suspense fallback={<LoadingIndicator />}>
-                    <LightboxProvider>
-                      <ManualProvider>
-                        <InteractiveProvider>
-                          <Helmet {...titleProps} />
-                          {maybeRenderNavbar()}
-                          <div
-                            className={`main container-fluid ${
-                              appleRendering ? "apple" : ""
-                            }`}
-                          >
-                            {renderContent()}
-                          </div>
-                        </InteractiveProvider>
-                      </ManualProvider>
-                    </LightboxProvider>
-                  </Suspense>
-                </ToastProvider>
+                <ConnectionMonitor />
+                <Suspense fallback={<LoadingIndicator />}>
+                  <LightboxProvider>
+                    <ManualProvider>
+                      <InteractiveProvider>
+                        <Helmet {...titleProps} />
+                        {maybeRenderNavbar()}
+                        <MainContainer>{renderContent()}</MainContainer>
+                      </InteractiveProvider>
+                    </ManualProvider>
+                  </LightboxProvider>
+                </Suspense>
               </ConfigurationProvider>
             </AppContainer>
           </PluginsLoader>
-        </IntlProvider>
-      ) : null}
+        </ToastProvider>
+      </IntlProvider>
     </ErrorBoundary>
   );
 };
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/PagedList.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/PagedList.tsx
index bf34f4fdd..ab27e2697 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/PagedList.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/PagedList.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { QueryResult } from "@apollo/client";
 import { ListFilterModel } from "src/models/list-filter/filter";
 import { Pagination, PaginationIndex } from "./Pagination";
 import { LoadingIndicator } from "../Shared/LoadingIndicator";
+import { ErrorMessage } from "../Shared/ErrorMessage";
+import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
 
 export const PagedList: React.FC<
   PropsWithChildren<{
@@ -65,7 +67,17 @@ export const PagedList: React.FC<
       return <LoadingIndicator />;
     }
     if (result.error) {
-      return <h1>{result.error.message}</h1>;
+      return (
+        <ErrorMessage
+          message={
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id="errors.loading_type"
+              values={{ type: "items" }}
+            />
+          }
+          error={result.error.message}
+        />
+      );
     }
 
     return (
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ErrorMessage.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ErrorMessage.tsx
index b0cdb12f3..1263e9c8a 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ErrorMessage.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ErrorMessage.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
+import { faWarning } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import React, { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { Alert } from "react-bootstrap";
+import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
+import { Icon } from "./Icon";
 
 interface IProps {
+  message?: React.ReactNode;
   error: string | ReactNode;
 }
 
-export const ErrorMessage: React.FC<IProps> = ({ error }) => (
-  <div className="row ErrorMessage">
-    <h2 className="ErrorMessage-content">Error: {error}</h2>
-  </div>
-);
+export const ErrorMessage: React.FC<IProps> = (props) => {
+  const { error, message = <FormattedMessage id="errors.header" /> } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="ErrorMessage-container">
+      <Alert variant="danger" className="ErrorMessage">
+        <Alert.Heading className="ErrorMessage-header">
+          <Icon icon={faWarning} />
+          {message}
+        </Alert.Heading>
+        <div className="ErrorMessage-content code">{error}</div>
+      </Alert>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/styles.scss b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/styles.scss
index 4b0748fe6..342d19655 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/styles.scss
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/styles.scss
@@ -213,13 +213,29 @@ button.collapse-button {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-.ErrorMessage {
-  align-items: center;
-  height: 20rem;
+.ErrorMessage-container {
+  display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
+  width: 100%;
+}
 
-  &-content {
-    display: inline-block;
+.ErrorMessage {
+  .fa-icon {
+    color: $warning;
+    font-size: 1.5em;
+    margin-right: 0.3em;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+  }
+
+  background-color: initial;
+  border-color: $danger;
+  color: $text-color;
+  margin: 1rem;
+  text-align: left;
+  width: 500px;
+
+  @include media-breakpoint-down(xs) {
+    width: 100%;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
index ef5c049e8..9be27e928 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ const errorDelay = 5000;
 
 let toastID = 0;
 
-const ToastContext = createContext<(item: IToast) => void>(() => {});
+type ToastFn = (item: IToast) => void;
+
+const ToastContext = createContext<ToastFn | null>(null);
 
 export const ToastProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
   const [toast, setToast] = useState<IActiveToast>();
@@ -121,6 +123,10 @@ export const ToastProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
 export const useToast = () => {
   const addToast = useContext(ToastContext);
 
+  if (!addToast) {
+    throw new Error("useToast must be used within a ToastProvider");
+  }
+
   return useMemo(
     () => ({
       toast: addToast,
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/plugins.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/plugins.tsx
index 256e1e5ce..41577a92c 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/plugins.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/plugins.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useEffect } from "react";
 import { PatchFunction } from "./patch";
 import { usePlugins } from "./core/StashService";
 import { useMemoOnce } from "./hooks/state";
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import useScript, { useCSS } from "./hooks/useScript";
 import { PluginsQuery } from "./core/generated-graphql";
 import { LoadingIndicator } from "./components/Shared/LoadingIndicator";
 import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
+import { useToast } from "./hooks/Toast";
 
 type PluginList = NonNullable<Required<PluginsQuery["plugins"]>>;
 
@@ -102,15 +103,25 @@ function useLoadPlugins() {
   );
   useCSS(pluginCSS ?? [], !pluginsLoading && !pluginsError);
 
-  return !pluginsLoading && !!pluginJavascripts && pluginJavascriptLoaded;
+  return {
+    loading: !pluginsLoading && !!pluginJavascripts && pluginJavascriptLoaded,
+    error: pluginsError,
+  };
 }
 
 export const PluginsLoader: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<{}>> = ({
   children,
 }) => {
-  const loaded = useLoadPlugins();
+  const Toast = useToast();
+  const { loading: loaded, error } = useLoadPlugins();
 
-  if (!loaded)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (error) {
+      Toast.error(`Error loading plugins: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+  }, [Toast, error]);
+
+  if (!loaded && !error)
     return (
       <LoadingIndicator message={<FormattedMessage id="loading.plugins" />} />
     );