diff --git a/app/controllers/socket.js b/app/controllers/socket.js
index fa78f559..b98b0c24 100644
--- a/app/controllers/socket.js
+++ b/app/controllers/socket.js
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ module.exports.broadcast_block = function(block) {
 };
 
 module.exports.broadcastSyncInfo = function(syncInfo) {
-  ios.sockets.emit('block', syncInfo);
+  ios.sockets.emit('sync', syncInfo);
 };
diff --git a/public/js/controllers/status.js b/public/js/controllers/status.js
index 2bf27794..dcfd52e5 100644
--- a/public/js/controllers/status.js
+++ b/public/js/controllers/status.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-angular.module('insight.status').controller('StatusController', ['$scope', '$routeParams', '$location', 'Global', 'Status', 'Sync', function ($scope, $routeParams, $location, Global, Status, Sync) {
+angular.module('insight.status').controller('StatusController', ['$scope', '$routeParams', '$location', '$rootScope', 'Global', 'Status', 'Sync', function ($scope, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, Global, Status, Sync) {
   $scope.global = Global;
 
   $scope.getStatus = function(q) {
diff --git a/public/views/status.html b/public/views/status.html
index d439d630..ce4c8808 100644
--- a/public/views/status.html
+++ b/public/views/status.html
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
       <h3>sync status</h3>
       <table class="table table-striped" data-ng-init="getSync()">
         <tbody>
+
+
+        <tr data-ng-show="sync.error">  
+          <td colspan="2"> <span class="text-danger"> {{ sync.err }} </span>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>Sync Progress</td>
           <td> {{(100 * sync.syncedBlocks/sync.blocksToSync)| number:2}}%