diff --git a/scripts/Actions/Search.ts b/scripts/Actions/Search.ts
index 2c416068..00adc3f3 100644
--- a/scripts/Actions/Search.ts
+++ b/scripts/Actions/Search.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ const fetchOptions: RequestInit = {
 	credentials: "same-origin"
 }
 
+// Error message
+const searchErrorMessage = "Looks like the website is offline, please retry later."
+
 // Speech recognition
 let recognition: SpeechRecognition
 
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ export async function search(arn: AnimeNotifier, search: HTMLInputElement, evt?:
 		// Start searching anime
 		fetch("/_/anime-search/" + term, fetchOptions)
 		.then(showResponseInElement(arn, url, "anime", results["anime"]))
-		.catch(console.error)
+		.catch(_ => arn.statusMessage.showError(searchErrorMessage))
 
 		requestIdleCallback(() => {
 			// Check that the term hasn't changed in the meantime
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ export async function search(arn: AnimeNotifier, search: HTMLInputElement, evt?:
 
 				fetch(`/_/${key}-search/` + term, fetchOptions)
 				.then(showResponseInElement(arn, url, key, results[key]))
-				.catch(console.error)
+				.catch(_ => arn.statusMessage.showError(searchErrorMessage))
 			}
 		})
 	} catch(err) {
@@ -147,6 +150,10 @@ export async function search(arn: AnimeNotifier, search: HTMLInputElement, evt?:
 
 function showResponseInElement(arn: AnimeNotifier, url: string, typeName: string, element: HTMLElement) {
 	return async (response: Response) => {
+		if(!response.ok) {
+			throw response.statusText
+		}
+
 		let html = await response.text()
 
 		if(html.includes("no-search-results")) {
diff --git a/scripts/Application.ts b/scripts/Application.ts
index b9160b55..8b96016f 100644
--- a/scripts/Application.ts
+++ b/scripts/Application.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class Application {
 	loading: HTMLElement
 	currentPath: string
 	originalPath: string
-	lastRequest: XMLHttpRequest | null
+	lastRequestController: AbortController | null
 	contentInvisible: boolean
 	onError: (err: Error) => void
 
@@ -36,35 +36,27 @@ export default class Application {
 		this.ajaxify(links)
 	}
 
-	get(url: string): Promise<string> {
-		// return fetch(url, {
-		// 	credentials: "same-origin"
-		// }).then(response => response.text())
-
-		if(this.lastRequest) {
-			this.lastRequest.abort()
-			this.lastRequest = null
+	async get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+		if(this.lastRequestController) {
+			this.lastRequestController.abort()
 		}
 
-		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			let request = new XMLHttpRequest()
+		this.lastRequestController = new AbortController()
 
-			request.timeout = 20000
-			request.onerror = () => reject(new Error("You are either offline or the requested page doesn't exist."))
-			request.ontimeout = () => reject(new Error("The page took too much time to respond."))
-			request.onload = () => {
-				if(request.status < 200 || request.status >= 400)
-					reject(request.responseText)
-				else
-					resolve(request.responseText)
+		try {
+			const response = await fetch(url, {
+				credentials: "same-origin",
+				signal: this.lastRequestController.signal
+			})
+
+			if(!response.ok) {
+				throw response.statusText
 			}
-			request.onabort = () => console.warn("Request canceled:", request)
 
-			request.open("GET", url, true)
-			request.send()
-
-			this.lastRequest = request
-		})
+			return await response.text()
+		} catch(err) {
+			throw "Seems like there was an error accessing this page...retrying after 3 seconds."
+		}
 	}
 
 	load(url: string, options?: LoadOptions) {