diff --git a/pages/signin.html b/pages/signin.html
index afcc4ac..8bd7bc9 100644
--- a/pages/signin.html
+++ b/pages/signin.html
@@ -97,13 +97,20 @@ <h2>Sign In</h2>
             fetch(login_url, authOptions)
             .then(response => {
                 if (response.status === 401) {
-                    alert("Incorrect email or password. Please try again.");
+                    alert("Bad password/username input");
                     console.log('Authentication failed');
+                    return;
                 } else if (response.ok) {
                     // Successfully logged in, now set the email in a cookie
                     setCookie("email", emailInput.value, 1); // Set the email cookie for an hour
                     console.log('Successful fetch');
                     read_pull();
+                    return;
+                }
+                else {
+                const errorMsg = 'Server returned an error: ' + response.status;
+                console.error(errorMsg);
+                alert("Uh oh, something went wrong :(");
                 }
             })
             .catch(error => {