diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6704566..c56be81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 lerna-debug.log*
+gittoken.json
 
 # Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
 report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json
diff --git a/gittoken.json b/gittoken.json
index bc47b05..b419316 100644
--- a/gittoken.json
+++ b/gittoken.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"token": "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"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"token": "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"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ec6cc11..94400e3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
           <button class="download" id="download">Update to V<span id="latest">0.0.0</span></button>    
         </div>
         <div class="col-7" id="download-section">
-          <h4 class="centered" id="progress-step">Downloading...</h4>
-            <div id="progress-bar"><span id="progress-label">100%</span></div>
+          <h4 class="centered" id="progress-step">idling<h4>
+            <div id="progress-bar"><span id="progress-label">0%</span></div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6abc295..7e3d239 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const createWindow = () => {
         width: 600,
         height: 300,
         backgroundColor: '#2f3241',
-        symbolColor: '#74b1be',
         resizable: false,
         titleBarStyle: 'hidden',
         titleBarOverlay: true,
@@ -40,7 +39,12 @@ async function initGithub (){
     console.log(`token: %s`, token)
     mainWindow.webContents.send("github-lookup", "looking up releases");
     // Compare: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/users#get-the-authenticated-user
-    const { data: { login }, } = await octokit.rest.users.getAuthenticated();
+    const { data: { login }, } = await octokit.rest.users.getAuthenticated().catch(async err => {
+        if (err) {
+            console.log(err);
+            mainWindow.webContents.send("error-message", {label: "authentication failed", err: err})
+        }
+    });
     console.log("Hello, %s", login);
 }
 
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index e9e4173..abe7a1f 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
+    handleError: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on("error-message", callback),
     updateProgress: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('github-lookup', callback)
 })
 
diff --git a/render.js b/render.js
index 5bf6d5f..2845203 100644
--- a/render.js
+++ b/render.js
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
-window.electronAPI.updateProgress(async (_event, value) => {
+window.electronAPI.updateProgress((_event, value) => {
     console.log(_event)
     console.log(value)
     updateProgressStep(value);
 })
 
+window.electronAPI.handleError((_event, value) => {
+    let error = `
+    <div class="titlebar">NCOS Companion</div>
+    <div class="content">
+        <h1 class="centered">An Error Occured</h1>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <h4 class="centered">${value.label}</h4>
+                <h4 class="centered">pleas report this to <a class="link" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/Vortex-Dynamics/NervUpdaterClient/issues">us</a></h4>
+                <pre class="centered">${value.err}</pre>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    `;
+
+    document.querySelector("body").innerHTML = error;
+})
+
 function updateProgressBar(progress){
     document.getElementById("progress-bar").style.width = progress + "%";
     document.getElementById("progress-label").textContent = progress + "%";
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index bab82cd..23b90f6 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ h4 {
     margin: 0;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
+
+pre {
+    border: 1px solid #74b1be;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+    padding: 5px;
+}
+
 .content {
     padding-left: 15.5%;
     padding-right: 15.5%;
@@ -68,6 +75,10 @@ div[class^=col-] {
     padding: 1rem 0
 }
 
+.link {
+    color: #74b1be;
+}
+
 .row {
     display: flex;
     flex-wrap: wrap