diff --git a/angular.html b/angular.html
index 5deac33..fac6e12 100644
--- a/angular.html
+++ b/angular.html
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
   <script src="js/libs/angular.js"></script>
 
-  <script src="js/libs/bootstrap.js"></script>
   <script src="js/libs/angularui-bootstrap.js"></script>
 
 
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@
   <script src="js/services/base64.js"></script>
   <script src="js/services/utils.js"></script>
   <script src="js/services/modals.js"></script>
+  <script src="js/services/alerts.js"></script>
 
   <script src="js/services/settings/settings.js"></script>
   <script src="js/services/settings/filters.js"></script>
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
   <script src="js/ctrls/modal.js"></script>
   <script src="js/ctrls/nav.js"></script>
   <script src="js/ctrls/download.js"></script>
+  <script src="js/ctrls/alert.js"></script>
 
 
 </head>
@@ -158,9 +159,19 @@
 </div>
 <!-- }}} -->
 
-<!-- {{{ downloads -->
+
 <div role="main" class="container" ng-controller="DownloadCtrl">
 
+  <!-- {{{ alerts -->
+  <div ng-controller="AlertCtrl">
+    <div class="alert alert-{{alert.type}}" ng-repeat="alert in pendingAlerts">
+      <span ng-bind-html-unsafe="alert.msg"></span>
+      <button type="button" class="close" ng-click="removeAlert($index)">x</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <!-- }}} -->
+
+  <!-- {{{ downloads -->
   <div ng-show="!getDownloads().length" class="hero-unit">
     <h3>Currently no downloads in line to display, use the Add download button to start downloading files!</h3>
   </div>
@@ -295,8 +306,9 @@
   </table>
   <!-- }}} -->
 
+  <!-- }}} -->
+
 </div>
-<!-- }}} -->
 
 <!-- {{{ modals -->
 <div ng-controller="ModalCtrl">
diff --git a/js/ctrls/alert.js b/js/ctrls/alert.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573321f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ctrls/alert.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+angular.module('webui.ctrls.alert', [
+  'webui.services.alerts'
+])
+.controller('AlertCtrl', ['$scope', '$alerts', function(scope, alerts) {
+  scope.pendingAlerts = [];
+
+  scope.removeAlert = function(ind) {
+    this.pendingAlerts.splice(ind, 1);
+  };
+
+  alerts.addAlerter(function(msg, type) {
+    type = type || 'warning';
+    scope.pendingAlerts.push({ msg: msg, type: type });
+    scope.$digest();
+  });
+
+
+}]);
diff --git a/js/ctrls/download.js b/js/ctrls/download.js
index 5f370af..3028582 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/download.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/download.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 angular
 .module('webui.ctrls.download', [
-  'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.rpc', 'webui.services.settings'
+  'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.rpc', 'webui.services.settings',
+  'webui.services.alerts'
 ])
-.controller('DownloadCtrl', [ '$scope', '$rpc', '$utils', '$settings',
-function(scope, rpc, utils, sett) {
+.controller('DownloadCtrl', [ '$scope', '$rpc', '$utils', '$settings', '$alerts',
+function(scope, rpc, utils, sett, alerts) {
   console.log(sett);
   scope.active = [], scope.waiting = [], scope.stopped = [];
 
diff --git a/js/init.js b/js/init.js
index bb8ea6d..bf87da4 100644
--- a/js/init.js
+++ b/js/init.js
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 angular.module('webui', [
   'webui.services.utils', 'webui.services.deps', 'webui.services.base64',
-  'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.rpc', 'webui.services.modals',
+  'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.rpc',
+  'webui.services.modals', 'webui.services.alerts',
   'webui.services.settings', 'webui.services.settings.filters',
   'webui.filters.bytes', 'webui.filters.path',
   'webui.directives.chunkbar', 'webui.directives.dgraph', 'webui.directives.fselect',
-  'webui.ctrls.download', 'webui.ctrls.nav', 'webui.ctrls.modal'
+  'webui.ctrls.download', 'webui.ctrls.nav', 'webui.ctrls.modal', 'webui.ctrls.alert'
 ]);
 
 $(function() {
   angular.bootstrap(document, [
     // external deps
     'ui.bootstrap.collapse', 'ui.bootstrap.dropdownToggle',
-    'ui.bootstrap.modal',
+    'ui.bootstrap.modal', 'ui.bootstrap.alert',
     'webui'
   ])
 });
diff --git a/js/services/alerts.js b/js/services/alerts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24850b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/services/alerts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+angular.module('webui.services.alerts', ['webui.services.deps'])
+.factory('$alerts', ['$_', function(_) {
+  var alerters = [];
+  return {
+    addAlert: function() {
+      var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
+      setTimeout(function() {
+        _.each(alerters, function(alt) {
+          alt.apply({}, args);
+        });
+      }, 0);
+    },
+    addAlerter: function(cb) {
+      alerters.push(cb);
+    }
+  };
+}]);
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
index 590d9e7..4c48bc2 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 angular
   .module('webui.services.rpc', [
-    'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants'
+    'webui.services.rpc.syscall', 'webui.services.constants', 'webui.services.alerts'
   ])
-  .factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', function(syscall, time) {
+  .factory('$rpc', ['$syscall', '$globalTimeout', '$alerts', function(syscall, time, alerts) {
   var subscriptions = []
     , configurations = [{ host: 'localhost', port: 6800 }]
     , timeout = null
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ angular
       };
     });
 
+
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    timeout = null;
+
     syscall.invoke({
       name: 'system.multicall',
       params: [params],
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ angular
         // If some proposed configurations are still in the pipeline then retry
         if (configurations.length) update();
         else {
-          console.log('cannot connect!!!');
+          alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 server, retrying after ' + time / 1000 + ' secs', 'error');
           timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
         }
       }
@@ -119,13 +123,14 @@ angular
     // force the global syscall update
     forceUpdate: function() {
       if (timeout) {
+
         clearTimeout(timeout);
         timeout = null;
+
         update();
+
       }
-      else if (subscriptions.length) {
-        update();
-      }
+      else if (configurations.length) update();
       else {
         // a batch call is already in progress,
         // wait till it returns and force the next one