diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6e14ac2..5c98806 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
             archive_character_base64(document.getElementById("name").value, false).then((uri) => {
                 // Download character archive
                 window.location.replace(uri);
+                document.getElementById("statusMessage").innerText = "Archive complete!";
+            }).catch((err) => {
+                document.getElementById("statusMessage").innerText = err;
             });
         });
     }
@@ -54,5 +57,6 @@
 <label for="scales">Connect to Dalamud Plugin</label>
 <button class="favorite styled" type="button" id="downloadButton">Download</button>
 <a href="https://github.com/redstrate/Auracite">Source Code</a>
+<p id="statusMessage"></p>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/downloader.rs b/src/downloader.rs
index eb82f64..ee499d0 100644
--- a/src/downloader.rs
+++ b/src/downloader.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 use reqwest::Url;
 
-pub async fn download(url: &Url) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ()> {
+pub async fn download(url: &Url) -> Result<Vec<u8>, reqwest::Error> {
     let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
-        .build()
-        .unwrap();
+        .build()?;
     
     let body = client.get(url.to_string())
         .send()
         .await;
 
-    Ok(body.unwrap().bytes().await.unwrap().to_vec())
+    Ok(body?.bytes().await?.to_vec())
 }
diff --git a/src/html.rs b/src/html.rs
index d456800..1aaecdc 100644
--- a/src/html.rs
+++ b/src/html.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use crate::data::CharacterData;
 use minijinja::{context, Environment};
-use std::fs::write;
-use std::io;
 
 /// Writes a visual HTML for `char_data` to `file_path`.
 /// This vaguely represents Lodestone and designed to visually check your character data.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a5abc22..182e022 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use crate::parser::parse_search;
 use base64::prelude::*;
 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
+#[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
+use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
 
 const LODESTONE_HOST: &str = "https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com";
 
@@ -83,6 +85,19 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for ArchiveError {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
+impl From<ArchiveError> for JsValue {
+    fn from(err: ArchiveError) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            // TODO: give JS the URL that failed to download
+            ArchiveError::DownloadFailed(_) => { JsValue::from_str(&"download_failed".to_string()) }
+            ArchiveError::CharacterNotFound => { JsValue::from_str(&"character_not_found".to_string()) }
+            ArchiveError::ParsingError => { JsValue::from_str(&"parsing_error".to_string())}
+            ArchiveError::UnknownError => { JsValue::from_str(&"unknown_error".to_string()) }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Archives the character named `character_name` and gives a ZIP file as bytes that can be written to disk.
 pub async fn archive_character(character_name: &str, use_dalamud: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ArchiveError> {
     let search_url = Url::parse_with_params(&format!("{LODESTONE_HOST}/lodestone/character?"), &[("q", character_name)]).map_err(|_| ArchiveError::UnknownError)?;
@@ -170,9 +185,7 @@ pub async fn archive_character(character_name: &str, use_dalamud: bool) -> Resul
 /// Archives the character named `character_name` and converts the ZIP file to Base64. Useful for downloading via data URIs.
 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
 #[wasm_bindgen]
-pub async extern fn archive_character_base64(character_name: &str, use_dalamud: bool) -> String {
-    let buf = archive_character(character_name, use_dalamud).await;
-
-    let base64 = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(buf);
-    return format!("data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf-16le;base64,{base64}").into();
+pub async extern fn archive_character_base64(character_name: &str, use_dalamud: bool) -> Result<String, ArchiveError> {
+    let buf: String = archive_character(character_name, use_dalamud).await.map(|x| BASE64_STANDARD.encode(x))?;
+    return Ok(format!("data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf-16le;base64,{buf}").into());
 }
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