diff --git a/www/assets/js/home.js b/www/assets/js/home.js
index c74bd02..99a622e 100644
--- a/www/assets/js/home.js
+++ b/www/assets/js/home.js
@@ -9,16 +9,9 @@ $("body").on("submit", "#wordbox-searchbar", function (e) {
     dolookup($("#wordbox").val());
     return false;
 });
-//
-//$("body").on("keypress", "#wordbox", function (e) {
-//    if (e.which == 13) {
-//        dolookup($(this).val());
-//    }
-//    return false;
-//});
 
 function dolookup(words) {
-    //try {
+    try {
         words = words.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
 
         if (!/^[a-z ]+?$/i.test(words)) {
@@ -50,7 +43,7 @@ function dolookup(words) {
                 break;
         }
         map.animateMapIn(coords[0], coords[1], zoomlevel);
-//    } catch (e) {
-//        alert(e);
-//    }
+    } catch (e) {
+        app.dialog.alert(e, "Error");
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/www/assets/js/map.js b/www/assets/js/map.js
index 5148ed0..488e65b 100644
--- a/www/assets/js/map.js
+++ b/www/assets/js/map.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function createMap() {
     } else {
         console.log("maplibre-gl not supported, disabling map");
         $("#mapbox").css("display", "none");
-        // TODO: show error to user
+        app.dialog.alert("Your device does not support the 3D graphics needed to show the map.", "Unsupported Device");
     }
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function reloadMap() {
 // oh well ¯\(°_o)/¯
         console.log(ex);
         $("#mapbox").css("display", "none");
+        app.dialog.alert("There was a problem loading the map. Error message: " + ex, "Error");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/www/assets/js/map_maplibre.js b/www/assets/js/map_maplibre.js
index 058e519..089def8 100644
--- a/www/assets/js/map_maplibre.js
+++ b/www/assets/js/map_maplibre.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ function maplibreMap() {
             var latitude = (Math.round(coordinates.lat * 10000) / 10000);
             var longitude = (Math.round(coordinates.lng * 10000) / 10000);
             lookupAndShowCoords(latitude, longitude);
-        } catch (e) {
-            alert(e);
+        } catch (ex) {
+            alert(ex);
         }
     });