diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/context.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/context.tsx
index c572ec10c..cdbb5902f 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/context.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/context.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { useLocalForage } from "src/hooks/LocalForage";
 import { useToast } from "src/hooks/Toast";
 import { ConfigurationContext } from "src/hooks/Config";
 import { ITaggerSource, SCRAPER_PREFIX, STASH_BOX_PREFIX } from "./constants";
+import { errorToString } from "src/utils";
 
 export interface ITaggerContextState {
   config: ITaggerConfig;
@@ -293,21 +294,29 @@ export const TaggerContext: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
       return;
     }
 
-    const results = await queryScrapeScene(currentSource.sourceInput, sceneID);
     let newResult: ISceneQueryResult;
 
-    if (results.error) {
-      newResult = { error: results.error.message };
-    } else if (results.errors) {
-      newResult = { error: results.errors.toString() };
-    } else {
-      newResult = {
-        results: results.data.scrapeSingleScene.map((r) => ({
-          ...r,
-          // scenes are already resolved if they are scraped via fragment
-          resolved: true,
-        })),
-      };
+    try {
+      const results = await queryScrapeScene(
+        currentSource.sourceInput,
+        sceneID
+      );
+
+      if (results.error) {
+        newResult = { error: results.error.message };
+      } else if (results.errors) {
+        newResult = { error: results.errors.toString() };
+      } else {
+        newResult = {
+          results: results.data.scrapeSingleScene.map((r) => ({
+            ...r,
+            // scenes are already resolved if they are scraped via fragment
+            resolved: true,
+          })),
+        };
+      }
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      newResult = { error: errorToString(err) };
     }
 
     setSearchResults((current) => {
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
index d8571067c..0868ac9fd 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/hooks/Toast.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import React, {
   useMemo,
 } from "react";
 import { Toast } from "react-bootstrap";
+import { errorToString } from "src/utils";
 
 interface IToast {
   header?: string;
@@ -67,16 +68,7 @@ export const useToast = () => {
         });
       },
       error(error: unknown) {
-        let message;
-        if (error instanceof Error) {
-          message = error.message;
-        }
-        if (!message) {
-          message = String(error);
-        }
-        if (!message) {
-          message = "Unknown error";
-        }
+        const message = errorToString(error);
 
         console.error(error);
         addToast({
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/utils/errors.ts b/ui/v2.5/src/utils/errors.ts
index 18c5eb259..f9dfef9dc 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/utils/errors.ts
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/utils/errors.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,18 @@ import { ApolloError } from "@apollo/client";
 
 export const apolloError = (error: unknown) =>
   error instanceof ApolloError ? error.message : "";
+
+export function errorToString(error: unknown) {
+  let message;
+  if (error instanceof Error) {
+    message = error.message;
+  }
+  if (!message) {
+    message = String(error);
+  }
+  if (!message) {
+    message = "Unknown error";
+  }
+
+  return message;
+}