diff --git a/lyrics.go b/lyrics.go
index 6516057..72d4c56 100644
--- a/lyrics.go
+++ b/lyrics.go
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ type song struct {
 
 func (s *song) parseLyrics(doc *goquery.Document) {
 	doc.Find("[data-lyrics-container='true']").Each(func(i int, ss *goquery.Selection) {
-		if h, err := ss.Html(); err == nil {
-			s.Lyrics += h
+		h, err := ss.Html()
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorln("unable to parse lyrics", err)
 		}
+		s.Lyrics += h
 	})
 }
 
@@ -80,26 +82,38 @@ func lyricsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://genius.com/%s-lyrics", id)
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		write(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, []byte("can't reach genius servers"))
+		logger.Errorln(err)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "500",
+			"Error":  "cannot reach genius servers",
+		})
 		return
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
-		write(w, http.StatusNotFound, []byte("Not found"))
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "404",
+			"Error":  "page not found",
+		})
 		return
 	}
 
 	doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		write(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, []byte("something went wrong"))
+		logger.Errorln(err)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "500",
+			"Error":  "something went wrong",
+		})
 		return
 	}
 
 	var s song
 	s.parse(doc)
 
-	w.Header().Set("content-type", "text/html")
-
 	render("lyrics", w, s)
 	setCache(id, s)
 }
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index 0e38159..c10216d 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ func proxyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ext := v["ext"]
 
 	if !isValidExt(ext) {
-		write(w, http.StatusBadRequest, []byte("not an image :/"))
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "400",
+			"Error":  "Something went wrong",
+		})
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -35,12 +39,22 @@ func proxyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	res, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		write(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, []byte("can't reach genius servers"))
+		logger.Errorln(err)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "500",
+			"Error":  "cannot reach genius servers",
+		})
 		return
 	}
 
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		write(w, res.StatusCode, []byte{})
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		render("error", w, map[string]string{
+			"Status": "500",
+			"Error":  "something went wrong",
+		})
+
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index e6ea28f..38f94d1 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -230,13 +230,35 @@ footer a:hover {
 	min-height: 100vh;
 }
 
+#error {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+	gap: 1rem;
+	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: center;
+	padding: 2rem;
+	flex-grow: 1;
+}
+
+#error h1 {
+	font-size: 5rem;
+	color: #111;
+}
+
+#error p {
+	text-transform: uppercase;
+	font-size: 1.6rem;
+	color: #222;
+}
+
 /* dark mode */
 @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
 	body {
 		background-color: #181d31;
 	}
 
-	nav, footer {
+	nav,
+	footer {
 		background-color: #fec260;
 	}
 
@@ -248,7 +270,8 @@ footer a:hover {
 		color: #ddd;
 	}
 
-	#metadata h2, #credits p {
+	#metadata h2,
+	#credits p {
 		color: #eee;
 	}
 
@@ -256,15 +279,16 @@ footer a:hover {
 		color: #ddd;
 	}
 
-	#about p, #credits summary {
-		color: #ccc
+	#about p,
+	#credits summary {
+		color: #ccc;
 	}
 
-	#home h1 {
+	#home h1, #error h1 {
 		color: #eee;
 	}
 
-	#home p {
+	#home p, #error p{
 		color: #ddd;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index e9ce850..9ffa990 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ func getTemplates(templates ...string) []string {
 }
 
 func render(n string, w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) {
+	w.Header().Set("content-type", "text/html")
 	t, err := template.ParseFiles(getTemplates(n, "navbar", "footer")...)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorln(err)
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
 
 	if err = t.Execute(w, data); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorln(err)
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/views/error.tmpl b/views/error.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a59023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/error.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+	<head>
+		<title>dumb</title>
+		<meta charset="utf-8" />
+		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/style.css" />
+		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+	</head>
+	<body>
+		<main id="app">
+			{{template "navbar"}}
+			<div id="error">
+				<h1>{{.Status}}</h1>
+				<p>{{.Error}}</p>
+			</div>
+			{{template "footer"}}
+		</div>
+	</body>
+</html>