diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index c7bf572b..026b83f8 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener( // On tab update
 
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, callback) {
   if (request.message == "submitTimes") {
-    submitTimes(request.videoID);
+    submitTimes(request.videoID, callback);
 
-    callback({
-      success: true
-    });
+    //this allows the callback to be called later by the submitTimes function
+    return true;
   } else if (request.message == "ytvideoid") {
     if (previousVideoID != request.videoID) {
       videoIDChange(request.videoID);
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ function submitVote(type, UUID, callback) {
   })
 }
 
-function submitTimes(videoID) {
+function submitTimes(videoID, callback) {
   //get the video times from storage
   let sponsorTimeKey = 'sponsorTimes' + videoID;
   chrome.storage.local.get([sponsorTimeKey], function(result) {
@@ -119,7 +118,17 @@ function submitTimes(videoID) {
         getUserID(function(userIDStorage) {
           //submit the sponsorTime
           sendRequestToServer('GET', "/api/postVideoSponsorTimes?videoID=" + videoID + "&startTime=" + sponsorTimes[i][0] + "&endTime=" + sponsorTimes[i][1]
-          + "&userID=" + userIDStorage);
+          + "&userID=" + userIDStorage, function(xmlhttp, error) {
+            if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && !error) {
+              callback({
+                statusCode: xmlhttp.status
+              });
+            } else if (error) {
+              callback({
+                statusCode: -1
+              });
+            }
+          });
         });
       }
     }
diff --git a/popup.html b/popup.html
index d34d9a76..f77a6a02 100644
--- a/popup.html
+++ b/popup.html
@@ -62,8 +62,18 @@
     
             <br/>
             <br/>
+
+            <div id="submitTimesContainer" style="display: none">
+              <button id="submitTimes" class="smallButton">Submit Times</button>
+
+              <div id="submitTimesInfoMessageContainer" style="display: none">
+                <h3 id="submitTimesInfoMessage">
+
+                </h3>
+              </div>
+
+            </div>
     
-            <button id="submitTimes" style="display: none" class="smallButton">Submit Times</button>
           </div>
 
           <div id="optionsButtonContainer">
diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index 29157379..d60bba61 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -268,12 +268,35 @@ function clearTimes() {
 }
 
 function submitTimes() {
+  //make info message say loading
+  document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = "Loading...";
+  document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
+
   if (sponsorTimes.length > 0) {
     chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
       message: "submitTimes",
       videoID: currentVideoID
-    }, function(request) {
-      clearTimes();
+    }, function(response) {
+      if (response != undefined) {
+        if (response.statusCode == 200) {
+          //hide loading message
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "none";
+  
+          clearTimes();
+        } else if(response.statusCode == 400) {
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = "Server said this request was invalid";
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
+        } else if(response.statusCode == 429) {
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = "You have submitted too many sponsor times for this one video, are you sure there are this many?";
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
+        } else if(response.statusCode == 409) {
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = "This has already been submitted before";
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
+        } else {
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = "There was an error submitting your sponsor times, please try again later";
+          document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
+        }
+      }
     });
   }
 }
@@ -343,13 +366,15 @@ function resetStartTimeChosen() {
   document.getElementById("sponsorStart").innerHTML = "Sponsorship Starts Now";
 }
 
+//hides and shows the submit times button when needed
 function showSubmitTimesIfNecessary() {
   //check if an end time has been specified for the latest sponsor time
   if (sponsorTimes.length > 0 && sponsorTimes[sponsorTimes.length - 1].length > 1) {
     //show submit times button
-    document.getElementById("submitTimes").style.display = "unset";
+    document.getElementById("submitTimesContainer").style.display = "unset";
   } else {
-    document.getElementById("submitTimes").style.display = "none";
+    //hide submit times button
+    document.getElementById("submitTimesContainer").style.display = "none";
   }
 }