diff --git a/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js b/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
index 9f71a02..4816b68 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
+++ b/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ function item_open(item_id, item_type, pushState)
             console.log('Error fetching task', item_id, 'from', item_url);
             console.log('XHR:', xhr);
         }
-        $('#item-details').html(xhr.responseText);
+        $('#status-bar').text('Opening ' + item_type + ' failed.');
+        if (xhr.status) {
+            $('#item-details').html(xhr.responseText);
+        } else {
+            $('#item-details').html('<p class="text-danger">Opening ' + item_type + ' failed. There possibly was ' +
+            'an error connecting to the server. Please check your network connection and ' +
+            'try again.</p>');
+        }
     });
 
     // Determine whether we should push the new state or not.