diff --git a/backend/src/main.ts b/backend/src/main.ts
index da5451c..d5a2baa 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
   app.enableCors();
-  await app.listen(3000);
+  await app.listen(3500);
 }
 bootstrap();
diff --git a/backend/src/models/RequestError.ts b/backend/src/models/RequestError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19dac85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/models/RequestError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// @ts-ignore
+interface RequestError extends Error {
+  response?: any;
+}
+
+interface RequestErrorConstructor extends ErrorConstructor {
+  new(message?: string): RequestError;
+  (message?: string): RequestError;
+  readonly prototype: RequestError;
+}
+
+declare var RequestError: RequestErrorConstructor;
diff --git a/backend/src/services/sinusbot.service.ts b/backend/src/services/sinusbot.service.ts
index 79d4269..f2b9620 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/sinusbot.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/sinusbot.service.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class SinusBotService {
         .then(token => this.bearer = token)
         .catch(error => {
           logger.error(`Oh oh! Something went wrong while fetching Bearer token.`, error);
-          throw this.createHttpException(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, error.message);
+          throw this.createHttpException(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, `Fetching Bearer token for Sinusbot failed.`);
         });
       logger.debug(
         `Seems like I have my Bearer token! 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class SinusBotService {
       .then(data => this.consumeTunakillResponse(data))
       .catch(error => {
         logger.error(`I couldn't fetch user data.`, error);
-        throw this.createHttpException(error.statusCode, error.message);
+        throw this.createHttpException(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, error.message);
       });
   }
 
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ export class SinusBotService {
 
   private consumeTunakillResponse(data: any): TableEntry[] {
     if (!(data !== null || data[0] !== null || data[0].data !== null)) {
-      throw Error('Response from SinusBot does not have any data to parse.')
+      throw Error('Response from SinusBot does not have any data to parse.');
     }
 
     const response = data[0].data;
     if (!(response.length > 0)) {
-      throw Error('User list is empty.')
+      throw Error('Response from SinusBot does not have any data to parse.');
     }
 
     return response
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ export class SinusBotService {
 
   private checkStatus = response => {
     if (!response.ok) {
-      throw Error(response.statusText);
+      let err = new RequestError(response.errorText);
+      err.response = response;
+      throw err;
     }
     return response;
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index e7c791c..4223f90 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,46 +1,50 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import './App.scss';
 import UserStatsMockService from "./mock/UserStatsMockService";
-import UserStats from "./models/TableEntry";
 import UserStatsService from "./services/UserStatsService";
 import {findDOMNode} from "react-dom";
 import TableEntry from "./models/TableEntry";
 
 interface State {
-  error?: any,
+  error?: string,
   isLoaded: boolean,
-  users?: UserStats[],
-  mock?: UserStats[]
+  users?: TableEntry[],
+  mock?: TableEntry[]
 }
 
 export default class App extends React.Component {
 
   private apiService: UserStatsService = new UserStatsService();
-  private mockService: UserStatsService = new UserStatsMockService();
+  private mockService = new UserStatsMockService();
 
   state: State = {
-    error: null,
+    error: undefined,
     isLoaded: false,
     users: undefined,
     mock: undefined
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.setState({isLoaded: false})
-    this.mockService.getStats()
-      .then(data => this.setState({
-        data: data,
-        mock: data
-      }));
+    this.setState({isLoaded: false, mock: this.mockService.getStatsWithoutPromise()});
+    // this.mockService.getStats()
+    //   .then(data => this.setState({
+    //     data: data,
+    //     mock: data
+    //   }))
+    //   .finally(() => {
+    //   });
     this.apiService.getStats()
       .then(data => this.setState({
         isLoaded: true,
         users: data
       }))
-      .catch(error => this.setState({
-        isLoaded: true,
-        error: error
-      }));
+      .catch(error => {
+        error.response.json()
+          .then((err: any) => this.setState({
+            isLoaded: true,
+            error: err.error
+          }))
+      });
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate() {
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
       return this.createTableEntries(users);
     } else if (isLoaded && error != null && mock != null) {
       return this.createTableEntries(mock);
+    } else if (mock != null) {
+      return this.createTableEntries(mock);
     }
   }
 
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     return (
       <div className="App">
         <p className="title">Humenius' TeamSpeak 3-Ranking</p>
-        { this.state.error != null ? <p className="error-message">Data could not be loaded. Please try again later!</p> : null}
+        { this.state.error != null ? <p className="error-message"> { this.state.error } Please try again later!</p> : null}
         <table>
           <thead>
           <tr>
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
             <th>Online time</th>
           </tr>
           </thead>
-          <tbody className={this.state.error != null ? "blurred" : undefined}>
+          <tbody className={this.state.error != null || !this.state.isLoaded ? "blurred" : undefined}>
             {this.renderTableData()}
           </tbody>
         </table>
diff --git a/frontend/src/mock/UserStatsMockService.ts b/frontend/src/mock/UserStatsMockService.ts
index 0f558e2..41de68a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/mock/UserStatsMockService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/mock/UserStatsMockService.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ export default class UserStatsMockService extends UserStatsService {
     async getStats(): Promise<TableEntry[]> {
         return Promise.resolve(this.entries);
     }
+
+    getStatsWithoutPromise(): TableEntry[] {
+        return this.entries;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/models/RequestError.ts b/frontend/src/models/RequestError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376f0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/models/RequestError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default class RequestError extends Error {
+  response?: any;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/UserStatsService.ts b/frontend/src/services/UserStatsService.ts
index f256c9f..e41b41d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/UserStatsService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/UserStatsService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import TableEntry from "../models/TableEntry";
+import RequestError from "../models/RequestError";
+
 
 export default class UserStatsService {
 
@@ -13,13 +15,16 @@ export default class UserStatsService {
 
   async getStats(): Promise<TableEntry[]> {
     return fetch(this.apiURL, this.requestInit)
-      .then(res => this.checkResponse(res))
-      .then(data => data.json())
+      .then(res => UserStatsService.checkResponse(res))
+      .then(data => data.json());
   }
 
-  private checkResponse(response: any): any {
+  private static checkResponse(response: any): any {
     if (!response.ok) {
-      throw Error(response.statusText);
+      console.log(response);
+      let error = new RequestError(response.statusText);
+      error.response = response;
+      throw error;
     }
     return response;
   }