diff --git a/hyperglass/ui/components/results/error.tsx b/hyperglass/ui/components/results/error.tsx
index 41c4574..a8292d3 100644
--- a/hyperglass/ui/components/results/error.tsx
+++ b/hyperglass/ui/components/results/error.tsx
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@ export const FormattedError: React.FC<TFormattedError> = (props: TFormattedError
   const { keywords, message } = props;
   const pattern = new RegExp(keywords.map(kw => `(${kw})`).join('|'), 'gi');
   const things = formatError(message, keywords, pattern);
-  return <Text as="span">{keywords.length !== 0 ? things : message}</Text>;
+  return (
+    <Text as="span" fontWeight={keywords.length === 0 ? 'bold' : undefined}>
+      {keywords.length !== 0 ? things : message}
+    </Text>
+  );
 };
diff --git a/hyperglass/ui/components/results/individual.tsx b/hyperglass/ui/components/results/individual.tsx
index fc39fbb..f26a222 100644
--- a/hyperglass/ui/components/results/individual.tsx
+++ b/hyperglass/ui/components/results/individual.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ const _Result: React.ForwardRefRenderFunction<HTMLDivElement, TResult> = (props:
         <AccordionHeaderWrapper>
           <AccordionButton py={2} w="unset" _hover={{}} _focus={{}} flex="1 0 auto">
             <ResultHeader
-              isError={isLGOutputOrError(data)}
+              // isError={isLGOutputOrError(data)}
+              isError={isError}
               loading={isLoading}
               errorMsg={errorMsg}
               errorLevel={errorLevel}
@@ -208,17 +209,17 @@ const _Result: React.ForwardRefRenderFunction<HTMLDivElement, TResult> = (props:
                   ) : isStringOutput(data) && data.level === 'success' && !tableComponent ? (
                     <TextOutput>{data.output}</TextOutput>
                   ) : isStringOutput(data) && data.level !== 'success' ? (
-                    <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel}>
+                    <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel} variant="solid">
                       <FormattedError message={data.output} keywords={errorKeywords} />
                     </Alert>
                   ) : (
-                    <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel}>
+                    <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel} variant="solid">
                       <FormattedError message={errorMsg} keywords={errorKeywords} />
                     </Alert>
                   )}
                 </>
               ) : (
-                <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel}>
+                <Alert rounded="lg" my={2} py={4} status={errorLevel} variant="solid">
                   <FormattedError message={errorMsg} keywords={errorKeywords} />
                 </Alert>
               )}
diff --git a/hyperglass/ui/hooks/useLGQuery.ts b/hyperglass/ui/hooks/useLGQuery.ts
index 30d55f5..ced8413 100644
--- a/hyperglass/ui/hooks/useLGQuery.ts
+++ b/hyperglass/ui/hooks/useLGQuery.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ export function useLGQuery(query: TFormQuery): QueryObserverResult<TQueryRespons
       request_timeout * 1000,
       controller,
     );
-    return await res.json();
+    try {
+      return await res.json();
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(res.statusText);
+    }
   }
 
   // Cancel any still-running queries on unmount.