diff --git a/renderer/index.css b/renderer/index.css
index 11dac2ed..8932b511 100644
--- a/renderer/index.css
+++ b/renderer/index.css
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ i:not(.disabled):hover {
   cursor: none;
 }
 
+.app.hide-header .header {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .header .title {
   opacity: 0.6;
   position: absolute;
@@ -719,6 +723,47 @@ body.drag .torrent-placeholder span {
   color: #9af;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ERRORS
+ */
+
+.error-popover {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1001;
+  top: 36px;
+  margin: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.app.hide-header .error-popover {
+  top: 0px;
+}
+
+.error-popover.hidden {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.error-popover .error,
+.error-popover .title {
+  padding: 10px;
+  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #444;
+}
+
+.error-popover .title {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #c44;
+}
+
+.error-popover .error {
+  color: #bbb;
+}
+
+.error-popover .error:last-child {
+  border-bottom: none;
+}
+
 /*
  * MEDIA QUERIES
  */
diff --git a/renderer/index.js b/renderer/index.js
index 755a8a58..fbadd52b 100644
--- a/renderer/index.js
+++ b/renderer/index.js
@@ -636,8 +636,11 @@ function restoreBounds () {
 
 function onError (err) {
   console.error(err.stack)
-  window.alert(err.message || err)
   playInterfaceSound(config.SOUND_ERROR)
+  state.errors.push({
+    time: new Date().getTime(),
+    message: err.message || err
+  })
   update()
 }
 
diff --git a/renderer/state.js b/renderer/state.js
index 0f43d18f..fb0d2ba2 100644
--- a/renderer/state.js
+++ b/renderer/state.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
     badge: 0,
     progress: 0
   },
+  errors: [], /* user-facing errors */
 
   /*
    * Saved state is read from and written to a file every time the app runs.
diff --git a/renderer/views/app.js b/renderer/views/app.js
index c7e066b0..3c8b0843 100644
--- a/renderer/views/app.js
+++ b/renderer/views/app.js
@@ -23,28 +23,41 @@ function App (state, dispatch) {
     !state.video.isPaused &&
     state.video.location === 'local'
 
+  // Hide the header on Windows/Linux when in the player
+  // On OSX, the header appears as part of the title bar
+  var hideHeader = process.platform !== 'darwin' && state.url === 'player'
+
   var cls = [
     'view-' + state.url, /* e.g. view-home, view-player */
     'is-' + process.platform /* e.g. is-darwin, is-win32, is-linux */
   ]
-
   if (state.window.isFullScreen) cls.push('is-fullscreen')
   if (state.window.isFocused) cls.push('is-focused')
   if (hideControls) cls.push('hide-video-controls')
+  if (hideHeader) cls.push('hide-header')
+
   return hx`
     <div class='app ${cls.join(' ')}'>
-      ${getHeader()}
+      ${Header(state, dispatch)}
+      ${getErrorPopover()}
       <div class='content'>${getView()}</div>
       ${getModal()}
     </div>
   `
 
-  function getHeader () {
-    var isOSX = process.platform === 'darwin'
-    // Hide the header on Windows/Linux when in the player
-    if (isOSX || state.url !== 'player') {
-      return Header(state, dispatch)
-    }
+  function getErrorPopover () {
+    var now = new Date().getTime()
+    var recentErrors = state.errors.filter((x) => now - x.time < 5000)
+
+    var errorElems = recentErrors.map(function (error) {
+      return hx`<div class='error'>${error.message}</div>`
+    })
+    return hx`
+    <div class='error-popover ${recentErrors.length > 0 ? 'visible' : 'hidden'}'>
+        <div class='title'>Error</div>
+        ${errorElems}
+      </div>
+    `
   }
 
   function getModal () {