diff --git a/ui/js/actions/app.js b/ui/js/actions/app.js
index d7ac439a4..0f5df575d 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/app.js
@@ -208,12 +208,13 @@ export function doCheckUpgradeAvailable() {
 export function doAlertError(errorList) {
   return function(dispatch, getState) {
     const state = getState()
-
+    console.log('do alert error')
+    console.log(errorList)
     dispatch({
       type: types.OPEN_MODAL,
       data: {
         modal: 'error',
-        error: errorList
+        extraContent: errorList
       }
     })
   }
diff --git a/ui/js/component/app/index.js b/ui/js/component/app/index.js
index dcb94bd0f..5de84e28f 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/app/index.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/app/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from 'selectors/app'
 import {
   doCheckUpgradeAvailable,
+  doAlertError,
 } from 'actions/app'
 import {
   doUpdateBalance,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const select = (state) => ({
 })
 
 const perform = (dispatch) => ({
+  alertError: (errorList) => dispatch(doAlertError(errorList)),
   checkUpgradeAvailable: () => dispatch(doCheckUpgradeAvailable()),
   updateBalance: (balance) => dispatch(doUpdateBalance(balance))
 })
diff --git a/ui/js/component/auth.js b/ui/js/component/auth.js
index 9e4a6ed54..ce32f0db2 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/auth.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/auth.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ const ErrorStage = (props) => {
   return <section>
     <p>An error was encountered that we cannot continue from.</p>
     <p>At least we're earning the name beta.</p>
-    { this.props.errorText ? <p>Message: {props.errorText}</p> : '' }
+    { props.errorText ? <p>Message: {props.errorText}</p> : '' }
     <Link button="alt" label="Try Reload" onClick={() => { window.location.reload() } } />
   </section>
 }
diff --git a/ui/js/component/errorModal/index.jsx b/ui/js/component/errorModal/index.jsx
index c7db4cef4..e4e4bc24b 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/errorModal/index.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/errorModal/index.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from 'react-redux'
 import {
   selectCurrentModal,
-  selectError,
+  selectModalExtraContent,
 } from 'selectors/app'
 import {
   doCloseModal,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import ErrorModal from './view'
 
 const select = (state) => ({
   modal: selectCurrentModal(state),
-  error: selectError(state),
+  error: selectModalExtraContent(state),
 })
 
 const perform = (dispatch) => ({
diff --git a/ui/js/component/errorModal/view.jsx b/ui/js/component/errorModal/view.jsx
index 676a2d52b..c494c9cb1 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/errorModal/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/errorModal/view.jsx
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ class ErrorModal extends React.Component {
     const {
       modal,
       closeModal,
-      error,
+      error
     } = this.props
 
-    const _error_key_labels = {
+    const errorObj = typeof error === "string" ? { error: error } : error
+
+    const error_key_labels = {
       connectionString: 'API connection string',
       method: 'Method',
       params: 'Parameters',
@@ -20,13 +22,15 @@ class ErrorModal extends React.Component {
       message: 'Error message',
       data: 'Error data',
     }
-    const errorInfo = <ul className="error-modal__error-list"></ul>
+
+
     const errorInfoList = []
     for (let key of Object.keys(error)) {
       let val = typeof error[key] == 'string' ? error[key] : JSON.stringify(error[key]);
-      let label = this._error_key_labels[key];
+      let label = error_key_labels[key];
       errorInfoList.push(<li key={key}><strong>{label}</strong>: <code>{val}</code></li>);
     }
+    const errorInfo = <ul className="error-modal__error-list">{errorInfoList}</ul>
 
     return(
       <ExpandableModal
diff --git a/ui/js/lbryio.js b/ui/js/lbryio.js
index f66d64817..e9e858366 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbryio.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbryio.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ lbryio.authenticate = function() {
       lbry.status().then((response) => {
 
         let installation_id = response.installation_id;
+        installation_id = installation_id.substring(0, installation_id.length) + "X"
 
         function setCurrentUser() {
           lbryio.call('user', 'me').then((data) => {
diff --git a/ui/js/reducers/app.js b/ui/js/reducers/app.js
index f80baae0b..0662d3483 100644
--- a/ui/js/reducers/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/reducers/app.js
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ reducers[types.UPDATE_VERSION] = function(state, action) {
 reducers[types.OPEN_MODAL] = function(state, action) {
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
     modal: action.data.modal,
-    extraContent: action.data.errorList
+    modalExtraContent: action.data.extraContent
   })
 }
 
 reducers[types.CLOSE_MODAL] = function(state, action) {
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
     modal: undefined,
-    extraContent: undefined
+    modalExtraContent: undefined
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/js/selectors/app.js b/ui/js/selectors/app.js
index 2563eb81b..25ed2403c 100644
--- a/ui/js/selectors/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/selectors/app.js
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ export const selectUpgradeDownloadItem = createSelector(
   (state) => state.downloadItem
 )
 
-export const selectError = createSelector(
+export const selectModalExtraContent = createSelector(
   _selectState,
-  (state) => state.error
+  (state) => state.modalExtraContent
 )
 
 export const selectDaemonReady = createSelector(
diff --git a/ui/scss/component/_modal.scss b/ui/scss/component/_modal.scss
index 05d5e8de1..5b637fcde 100644
--- a/ui/scss/component/_modal.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/component/_modal.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @import "../global";
 
-.modal-overlay {
+.modal-overlay, .error-modal-overlay {
   position: fixed;
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;