diff --git a/src/components/API/Experiment.tsx b/src/components/API/Experiment.tsx
index 567221d0..7fd6585c 100644
--- a/src/components/API/Experiment.tsx
+++ b/src/components/API/Experiment.tsx
@@ -200,11 +200,12 @@ class Experiment extends Container<State> {
         ...experiment,
         status: 'error',
         result: [
-          {
-            type: MIME_TYPES.ERROR,
-            data: 'An unknown error occured. Please retry in a moment'
-          },
-          ...(experiment?.result || [])
+          ...(experiment?.result ?? [
+            {
+              type: MIME_TYPES.ERROR,
+              data: 'An unknown error occured. Please retry in a moment'
+            }
+          ])
         ]
       };
     }
diff --git a/src/components/API/Mining.tsx b/src/components/API/Mining.tsx
index d0dedbc9..cb671a29 100644
--- a/src/components/API/Mining.tsx
+++ b/src/components/API/Mining.tsx
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ class Mining extends Container<MiningState> {
         return this.setState({
           histograms: {
             data: undefined,
-            error: response.data.message,
+            error:
+              response.data.message ??
+              (mining.result ? mining.result[0].data : 'unknown error occured'),
             loading: false
           }
         });