diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
index 8e5aad1..8753363 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Component {
   }
 
   async componentDidMount () {
-    await this.loadMetrics()
-    await this.loadIncident()
+    try {
+      await this.loadMetrics()
+      await this.loadIncident()
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.setState({ error: error.toString() })
+    }
 
     this.setState({ loading: false })
     if (this.state.error) {
@@ -95,24 +99,14 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Component {
   async loadMetrics () {
     log('loading metrics')
 
-    try {
-      var resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/status`)
-    } catch (error) {
-      this.setState({ error })
-    }
-
+    const resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/status`)
     this.setState({ metrics: await resp.json() })
   }
 
   async loadIncident () {
     log('loading current incident')
 
-    try {
-      var resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/incidents/current`)
-    } catch (error) {
-      this.setState({ error })
-    }
-
+    const resp = await strictFetch(`${DOMAIN}/api/incidents/current`)
     this.setState({ incident: await resp.json() })
   }
 
@@ -149,7 +143,7 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Component {
 
         {this.state.error ? (
           <div className="error">
-            Error: {this.state.error}
+            {this.state.error}
           </div>
         ) : null}