diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index 0b4825ca0..bc86cb1e4 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -467,6 +467,11 @@ const afterStoreSetup = async ({ pinia, store, storageError, i18n }) => {
   // "Plugins are only applied to stores created after the plugins themselves, and after pinia is passed to the app, otherwise they won't be applied."
   app.use(pinia)
 
+  app.config.errorHandler = (error, instance, info) => {
+    console.error('GLOBAL ERROR HANDLER', error, instance, info)
+    useInterfaceStore().setGlobalError({ error, instance, info })
+  }
+
   const waitForAllStoresToLoad = async () => {
     // the stores that do not persist technically do not need to be awaited here,
     // but that involves either hard-coding the stores in some place (prone to errors)
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
index 31a513130..f3e2b8f85 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import ProgressButton from 'src/components/progress_button/progress_button.vue'
 import Select from 'src/components/select/select.vue'
 import UserAvatar from 'src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue'
 import UserLink from 'src/components/user_link/user_link.vue'
+import FollowButton from 'src/components/follow_button/follow_button.vue'
 
 import { useEmojiStore } from 'src/stores/emoji.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
@@ -138,9 +139,7 @@ export default {
       () => import('src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue'),
     ),
     ProgressButton,
-    FollowButton: defineAsyncComponent(
-      () => import('src/components/follow_button/follow_button.vue'),
-    ),
+    FollowButton,
     Select,
     UserLink,
     UserNote: defineAsyncComponent(
diff --git a/src/stores/interface.js b/src/stores/interface.js
index 21c1e9f8a..4d5d2a8e4 100644
--- a/src/stores/interface.js
+++ b/src/stores/interface.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const useInterfaceStore = defineStore('interface', {
     },
     layoutType: 'normal',
     globalNotices: [],
+    globalError: null,
     layoutHeight: 0,
     lastTimeline: null,
     foreignProfileBackground: null,
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ export const useInterfaceStore = defineStore('interface', {
     removeGlobalNotice(notice) {
       this.globalNotices = this.globalNotices.filter((n) => n !== notice)
     },
+    setGlobalError(data) {
+      this.globalError = data
+    },
     pushGlobalNotice({
       messageKey,
       messageArgs = {},