diff --git a/src/views/board/board.tsx b/src/views/board/board.tsx
index 72012ffc..81e30577 100644
--- a/src/views/board/board.tsx
+++ b/src/views/board/board.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Link, useLocation, useNavigationType, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { Comment, useAccount, useAccountComments, useAccountSubplebbits, useBlock, useFeed } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import { Comment, useAccount, useAccountComments, useAccountSubplebbits, useBlock, useFeed, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import { useSubplebbitField } from '../../hooks/use-stable-subplebbit';
 import { Virtuoso, VirtuosoHandle, StateSnapshot } from 'react-virtuoso';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ const Board = ({ feedCacheKey, viewType, boardIdentifier: boardIdentifierProp, t
   // Use stable subplebbit fields to avoid rerenders from updatingState
   const subplebbitTitle = useSubplebbitField(subplebbitAddress, (sub) => sub?.title);
   const shortAddress = useSubplebbitField(subplebbitAddress, (sub) => sub?.shortAddress);
-  // Subscribe to transient state/error separately from stable fields since useStableSubplebbit ignores them
-  const subplebbitState = useSubplebbitField(subplebbitAddress, (sub) => sub?.state);
-  const subplebbitError = useSubplebbitField(subplebbitAddress, (sub) => sub?.error);
+  // useSubplebbitField only reads from store, doesn't trigger fetching
+  const subplebbit = useSubplebbit({ subplebbitAddress });
+  const { error: subplebbitError, state: subplebbitState } = subplebbit || {};
   const title = isInAllView ? t('all') : isInSubscriptionsView ? t('subscriptions') : isInModView ? t('mod') : subplebbitTitle;
 
   const { blocked, unblock } = useBlock({ address: subplebbitAddress });
diff --git a/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.module.css b/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.module.css
index 96880684..cf0b6066 100644
--- a/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.module.css
+++ b/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.module.css
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
+.error {
+  padding: 10px;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
 /* ModQueueRow styles */
 .row {
   display: flex;
diff --git a/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.tsx b/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.tsx
index 5f7105f0..83634157 100644
--- a/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.tsx
+++ b/src/views/mod-queue/mod-queue.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useMemo, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useParams, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { useFeed, Comment, usePublishCommentModeration, useEditedComment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import { useFeed, Comment, usePublishCommentModeration, useEditedComment, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import useAccountsStore from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks/dist/stores/accounts';
 import { Virtuoso } from 'react-virtuoso';
 import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import styles from './mod-queue.module.css';
 import useModQueueStore from '../../stores/use-mod-queue-store';
 import { useAccountSubplebbitsWithMetadata } from '../../hooks/use-account-subplebbits-with-metadata';
 import LoadingEllipsis from '../../components/loading-ellipsis';
+import ErrorDisplay from '../../components/error-display/error-display';
 import { useFeedStateString } from '../../hooks/use-state-string';
 import { getSubplebbitAddress, getBoardPath } from '../../lib/utils/route-utils';
 import { useDefaultSubplebbits, MultisubSubplebbit } from '../../hooks/use-default-subplebbits';
@@ -489,6 +490,10 @@ export const ModQueueView = ({ boardIdentifier: propBoardIdentifier }: ModQueueV
     return [];
   }, [resolvedAddress, selectedBoardFilter, accountSubplebbitAddresses]);
 
+  const subplebbitAddress = subplebbitAddresses[0];
+  const subplebbit = useSubplebbit({ subplebbitAddress });
+  const { error: subplebbitError } = subplebbit || {};
+
   const { feed, hasMore, loadMore, reset } = useFeed({
     subplebbitAddresses,
     modQueue: ['pendingApproval'],
@@ -513,9 +518,18 @@ export const ModQueueView = ({ boardIdentifier: propBoardIdentifier }: ModQueueV
   // Note: useFeedStateString is called inside ModQueueFooter to isolate re-renders from backend state changes
   const footerComponents = useMemo(
     () => ({
-      Footer: () => <ModQueueFooter hasMore={hasMore} subplebbitAddresses={subplebbitAddresses} />,
+      Footer: () => (
+        <>
+          {subplebbitError?.message && feed.length === 0 && (
+            <div className={styles.error}>
+              <ErrorDisplay error={subplebbitError} />
+            </div>
+          )}
+          <ModQueueFooter hasMore={hasMore} subplebbitAddresses={subplebbitAddresses} />
+        </>
+      ),
     }),
-    [hasMore, subplebbitAddresses],
+    [hasMore, subplebbitAddresses, subplebbitError, feed.length],
   );
 
   const alertThresholdControl = (
@@ -603,6 +617,11 @@ export const ModQueueView = ({ boardIdentifier: propBoardIdentifier }: ModQueueV
               {feed.map((comment, index) => (
                 <ModQueueRow key={comment.cid} comment={comment} isOdd={index % 2 === 0} />
               ))}
+              {subplebbitError?.message && feed.length === 0 && (
+                <div className={styles.error}>
+                  <ErrorDisplay error={subplebbitError} />
+                </div>
+              )}
               <ModQueueFooter hasMore={hasMore} subplebbitAddresses={subplebbitAddresses} />
             </>
           )}
diff --git a/src/views/post/post.tsx b/src/views/post/post.tsx
index 97678f35..a4edb3e4 100644
--- a/src/views/post/post.tsx
+++ b/src/views/post/post.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const PostPage = () => {
   }, [comment?.subplebbitAddress, subplebbitAddress, navigate]);
 
   const subplebbit = useSubplebbit({ subplebbitAddress });
-  const { shortAddress, title } = subplebbit || {};
+  const { error: subplebbitError, shortAddress, title } = subplebbit || {};
   const defaultSubplebbits = useDefaultSubplebbits();
 
   // if the comment is a reply, return the post comment instead, then the reply will be highlighted in the thread
@@ -106,17 +106,28 @@ const PostPage = () => {
     document.title = `${boardTitle}${postTitlePart} - 5chan`;
   }, [title, shortAddress, subplebbitAddress, post?.title, post?.content, isInAllView, t, params.boardIdentifier, defaultSubplebbits]);
 
-  // probably not necessary to show the error to the user if the post loaded successfully
-  const shouldShowErrorToUser = post?.error && ((post?.replyCount > 0 && post?.replies?.length === 0) || (post?.state === 'failed' && post?.error));
+  const shouldShowCommentError = comment?.error?.message && !comment?.cid;
+  const shouldShowPostError = post?.error && post?.replyCount > 0 && post?.replies?.length === 0;
+  const shouldShowSubplebbitError = subplebbitError?.message && !post?.cid;
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.content}>
-      {shouldShowErrorToUser && (
+      {shouldShowPostError && (
         <div className={styles.error}>
           <ErrorDisplay error={error} />
         </div>
       )}
       <Post post={post} showAllReplies={true} />
+      {shouldShowSubplebbitError && (
+        <div className={styles.error}>
+          <ErrorDisplay error={subplebbitError} />
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {shouldShowCommentError && (
+        <div className={styles.error}>
+          <ErrorDisplay error={comment?.error} />
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };