diff --git a/scripts/config.js b/scripts/config.js
index 4549763..9018076 100644
--- a/scripts/config.js
+++ b/scripts/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {requestPVE, requestAPI, goToPage, getURIData, resources} from "./utils.js";
-import {dialog} from "./dialog.js";
+import {alert, dialog} from "./dialog.js";
 
 window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", init); // do the dumb thing where the disk config refreshes every second
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ async function handleDiskDetach () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ async function handleDiskAttach () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ async function handleDiskResize () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else{
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ async function handleDiskMove () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ async function handleDiskDelete () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ async function handleDiskAdd () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ async function handleCDAdd () {
 				populateDisk();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				await getConfig();
 				populateDisk();
 			}
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ async function handleFormExit () {
 		populateDisk();
 	}
 	else {
-		console.error(result);
+		alert(result.error);
 	}
 	goToPage("index.html");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/index.js b/scripts/index.js
index 85b8238..77b6aa4 100644
--- a/scripts/index.js
+++ b/scripts/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {requestPVE, requestAPI, goToPage} from "./utils.js";
-import {dialog} from "./dialog.js";
+import {alert, dialog} from "./dialog.js";
 
 window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", init);
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async function handleInstanceAdd () {
 				populateInstances();
 			}
 			else {
-				console.error(result);
+				alert(result.error);
 				populateInstances();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/instance.js b/scripts/instance.js
index 4ac74bb..2f6c601 100644
--- a/scripts/instance.js
+++ b/scripts/instance.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {requestPVE, requestAPI, goToPage, goToURL, instances, nodes} from "./utils.js";
-import {dialog} from "./dialog.js";
+import {alert, dialog} from "./dialog.js";
 
 export class Instance extends HTMLElement {
 	constructor () {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class Instance extends HTMLElement {
 						}
 						else if (taskStatus.data.status === "stopped") { // task stopped but was not successful
 							this.status = prevStatus;
-							console.error(`attempted to ${targetAction} ${this.vmid} but process returned stopped:${result.data.exitstatus}`);
+							alert(`attempted to ${targetAction} ${this.vmid} but process returned stopped:${result.data.exitstatus}`);
 							this.update();
 							this.actionLock = false;
 							break;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export class Instance extends HTMLElement {
 						this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
 					}
 					else {
-						console.error(result);
+						alert(result.error);
 						this.status = this.prevStatus;
 						this.update();
 						this.actionLock = false;