diff --git a/src/lang/en.ts b/src/lang/en.ts
index e1017542..1d3792e1 100644
--- a/src/lang/en.ts
+++ b/src/lang/en.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export const languageEnglish = {
         noUserIcon: "You must set your icon first.",
         emptyText: "Text is empty.",
         wrongPassword: "Wrong Password",
+        networkFetch: "This happens when the network is unstable or the server is down.",
+        networkFetchWeb: "This can be a CORS error. this only happens when using web version dude to limitations of the browser. try using desktop local version, or other version of RisuAI.",
+        networkFetchPlain: "This can be a plain fetch error. try disabling force plain fetch option in settings.",
     },
     showHelp: "Show Help",
     help:{
diff --git a/src/lib/Others/AlertComp.svelte b/src/lib/Others/AlertComp.svelte
index 4c6c5188..e69c1790 100644
--- a/src/lib/Others/AlertComp.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/Others/AlertComp.svelte
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
                 }}>Terms of Service</a> to continue</div>
             {:else if $alertStore.type !== 'select'}
                 <span class="text-gray-300">{$alertStore.msg}</span>
+                {#if $alertStore.submsg}
+                    <span class="text-gray-500 text-sm">{$alertStore.submsg}</span>
+                {/if}
             {/if}
             {#if $alertStore.type === 'ask'}
                 <div class="flex gap-2 w-full">
diff --git a/src/ts/alert.ts b/src/ts/alert.ts
index fbe3e9e1..479f9468 100644
--- a/src/ts/alert.ts
+++ b/src/ts/alert.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,38 @@
 import { get, writable } from "svelte/store"
 import { sleep } from "./util"
 import { language } from "../lang"
+import { isNodeServer, isTauri } from "./storage/globalApi"
+import { Capacitor } from "@capacitor/core"
+import { DataBase } from "./storage/database"
 
 interface alertData{
     type: 'error'| 'normal'|'none'|'ask'|'wait'|'selectChar'|'input'|'toast'|'wait2'|'markdown'|'select'|'login'|'tos'|'cardexport'
-    msg: string
+    msg: string,
+    submsg?: string
 }
 
 
 export const alertStore = writable({
     type: 'none',
-    msg: 'n'
+    msg: 'n',
 } as alertData)
 
 export function alertError(msg:string){
     console.error(msg)
+    const db = get(DataBase)
+
+    let submsg = ''
+
+    //check if it's a known error
+    if(msg.includes('Failed to fetch') || msg.includes("NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource.")){
+        submsg =    db.usePlainFetch ? language.errors.networkFetchPlain :
+                    (!isTauri && !isNodeServer && !Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) ? language.errors.networkFetchWeb : language.errors.networkFetch
+    }
 
     alertStore.set({
         'type': 'error',
-        'msg': msg
+        'msg': msg,
+        'submsg': submsg
     })
 }