diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
index b8a18a1021..571628789e 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export async function listReleases(pathToKubeconfig: string, namespace?: string)
     });
 
     return output;
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export async function installChart(chart: string, values: any, name: string | un
         namespace
       }
     };
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   } finally {
     await fse.unlink(fileName);
   }
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ export async function upgradeRelease(name: string, chart: string, values: any, n
       log: stdout,
       release: getRelease(name, namespace, cluster)
     };
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   } finally {
     await fse.unlink(fileName);
   }
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ export async function getRelease(name: string, namespace: string, cluster: Clust
     release.resources = await getResources(name, namespace, cluster);
 
     return release;
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ export async function deleteRelease(name: string, namespace: string, pathToKubec
     const { stdout } = await promiseExec(`"${helm}" delete ${name} --namespace ${namespace} --kubeconfig ${pathToKubeconfig}`);
 
     return stdout;
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ export async function getValues(name: string, { namespace, all = false, pathToKu
     const { stdout } = await promiseExec(`"${helm}" get values ${name} ${all ? "--all" : ""} --output yaml --namespace ${namespace} --kubeconfig ${pathToKubeconfig}`);
 
     return stdout;
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ export async function getHistory(name: string, namespace: string, pathToKubeconf
     const { stdout } = await promiseExec(`"${helm}" history ${name} --output json --namespace ${namespace} --kubeconfig ${pathToKubeconfig}`);
 
     return JSON.parse(stdout);
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ export async function rollback(name: string, namespace: string, revision: number
     const { stdout } = await promiseExec(`"${helm}" rollback ${name} ${revision} --namespace ${namespace} --kubeconfig ${pathToKubeconfig}`);
 
     return stdout;
-  } catch ({ stderr }) {
-    throw stderr;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts b/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
index 2f217a3193..46112d7111 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
 
       respondJson(response, chart);
     } catch (error) {
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error getting chart", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
 
       respondJson(response, values);
     } catch (error) {
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error getting chart values", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result, 201);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error installing chart", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error updating chart", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error rolling back chart", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch(error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error listing release", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error getting release", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondText(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error getting release values", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error getting release history", 422);
     }
   }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class HelmApiRoute {
       respondJson(response, result);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.debug(error);
-      respondText(response, error, 422);
+      respondText(response, error?.toString() || "Error deleting release", 422);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.scss b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.scss
index 112ee6b578..759bd5cec4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
     align-items: center;
   }
 
+  .loading-error {
+    color: red;
+    text-align: center;
+  }
+
   .status {
     @include release-status-bgs;
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.tsx
index 4e93136c03..be316985f5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+apps-releases/release-details.tsx
@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ interface Props {
 
 @observer
 export class ReleaseDetails extends Component<Props> {
-  @observable details: IReleaseDetails;
+  @observable details: IReleaseDetails | null = null;
   @observable values = "";
   @observable valuesLoading = false;
   @observable showOnlyUserSuppliedValues = false;
   @observable saving = false;
   @observable releaseSecret: Secret;
+  @observable error?: string = undefined;
 
   componentDidMount() {
     disposeOnUnmount(this, [
@@ -96,9 +97,13 @@ export class ReleaseDetails extends Component<Props> {
 
   async loadDetails() {
     const { release } = this.props;
-
-    this.details = null;
-    this.details = await getRelease(release.getName(), release.getNs());
+    
+    try {
+      this.details = null;
+      this.details = await getRelease(release.getName(), release.getNs());
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.error = `Failed to get release details: ${error}`;
+    }
   }
 
   async loadValues() {
@@ -237,11 +242,18 @@ export class ReleaseDetails extends Component<Props> {
 
   renderContent() {
     const { release } = this.props;
-    const { details } = this;
 
     if (!release) return null;
 
-    if (!details) {
+    if (this.error) {
+      return (
+        <div className="loading-error">
+          {this.error}
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (!this.details) {
       return <Spinner center/>;
     }