diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 6d2b40dc..c0cb80bf 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -317,5 +317,8 @@
     },
     "guildlinesSummary": {
         "message": "- Make sure your segment only contains paid promotion segment, nothing else.\n- Make sure skipping this segment will not skip valuable content\n- If the whole video is a sponsor, please do not report it. A full video reporting system will come out soon.\n- Please do not report disclaimers that could show bias (if a review video is sponsored, don't skip when they mention that)."
+    },
+    "statusReminder": {
+        "message": "Check status.sponsor.ajay.app for server status."
     }
 }
diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 80ee0fea..c509e6cc 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -980,14 +980,8 @@ function vote(type, UUID, skipNotice) {
                     skipNotice.addNoticeInfoMessage.bind(skipNotice)(chrome.i18n.getMessage("voteFail"))
                     skipNotice.resetVoteButtonInfo.bind(skipNotice)();
                 } else if (response.successType == -1) {
-                    if (response.statusCode == 502) {
-                        skipNotice.addNoticeInfoMessage.bind(skipNotice)(chrome.i18n.getMessage("serverDown"))
-                        skipNotice.resetVoteButtonInfo.bind(skipNotice)();
-                    } else {
-                        //failure: unknown error
-                        skipNotice.addNoticeInfoMessage.bind(skipNotice)(chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + response.statusCode);
-                        skipNotice.resetVoteButtonInfo.bind(skipNotice)();
-                    }
+                    skipNotice.addNoticeInfoMessage.bind(skipNotice)(getErrorMessage(response.statusCode))
+                    skipNotice.resetVoteButtonInfo.bind(skipNotice)();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1101,14 +1095,7 @@ function sendSubmitMessage(){
                 document.getElementById("submitButton").style.animation = "unset";
                 document.getElementById("submitImage").src = chrome.extension.getURL("icons/PlayerUploadFailedIconSponsorBlocker256px.png");
 
-                if([400, 429, 409, 502, 0].includes(response.statusCode)) {
-                    //treat them the same
-                    if (response.statusCode == 503) response.statusCode = 502;
-
-                    alert(chrome.i18n.getMessage(response.statusCode + "") + " " + chrome.i18n.getMessage("errorCode") + response.statusCode);
-                } else {
-                    alert(chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + response.statusCode);
-                }
+                alert(getErrorMessage(response.statusCode));
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index d51fac4b..d5646e2c 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -895,18 +895,7 @@ function runThePopup() {
 
                         clearTimes();
                     } else {
-                        let errorMessage = "";
-                        
-                        if([400, 429, 409, 502, 0].includes(response.statusCode)) {
-                            //treat them the same
-                            if (response.statusCode == 503) response.statusCode = 502;
-        
-                            errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage(response.statusCode + "") + " " + chrome.i18n.getMessage("errorCode") + response.statusCode;
-                        } else {
-                            errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + response.statusCode;
-                        }
-
-                        document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = errorMessage;
+                        document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessage").innerText = getErrorMessage(response.statusCode);
                         document.getElementById("submitTimesInfoMessageContainer").style.display = "unset";
 
                         SB.submitTimesInfoMessageContainer.style.display = "unset";
@@ -1138,7 +1127,7 @@ function runThePopup() {
                     SB.usernameInput.style.display = "none";
 
                     SB.setUsernameStatusContainer.style.display = "unset";
-                    SB.setUsernameStatus.innerText = "Couldn't connect to server. Error code: " + xmlhttp.status;
+                    SB.setUsernameStatus.innerText = getErrorMessage(xmlhttp.status);
                 }
             });
         });
@@ -1160,15 +1149,7 @@ function runThePopup() {
 
                     SB.setUsernameStatus.innerText = chrome.i18n.getMessage("success");
                 } else if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
-                    let errorMessage = "";
-                        
-                    if([400, 429, 409, 502].includes(xmlhttp.status)) {
-                        errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage(xmlhttp.status);
-                    } else {
-                        errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + xmlhttp.status;
-                    }
-
-                    SB.setUsernameStatus.innerText = errorMessage;
+                    SB.setUsernameStatus.innerText = getErrorMessageI(xmlhttp.status);
                 }
             });
         });
@@ -1224,12 +1205,7 @@ function runThePopup() {
                     //failure: duplicate vote
                     addVoteMessage(chrome.i18n.getMessage("voteFail"), UUID)
                 } else if (response.successType == -1) {
-                    if (response.statusCode == 502) {
-                        addVoteMessage(chrome.i18n.getMessage("serverDown"), UUID)
-                    } else {
-                        //failure: unknown error
-                        addVoteMessage(chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + response.statusCode, UUID)
-                    }
+                    addVoteMessage(getErrorMessage(response.statusCode), UUID)
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index d9ce3a22..379814cd 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -66,3 +66,24 @@ function localizeHtmlPage() {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets the error message in a nice string
+ * 
+ * @param {int} statusCode 
+ * @returns {string} errorMessage
+ */
+function getErrorMessage(statusCode) {
+    let errorMessage = "";
+                        
+    if([400, 429, 409, 502, 0].includes(statusCode)) {
+        //treat them the same
+        if (statusCode == 503) statusCode = 502;
+
+        errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage(statusCode + "") + " " + chrome.i18n.getMessage("errorCode") + statusCode
+                        + "\n\n" + chrome.i18n.getMessage("statusReminder");
+    } else {
+        errorMessage = chrome.i18n.getMessage("connectionError") + statusCode;
+    }
+
+    return errorMessage;
+}
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