diff --git a/source/app/web/instance.mjs b/source/app/web/instance.mjs
index 6e52eff6..a45dcb67 100644
--- a/source/app/web/instance.mjs
+++ b/source/app/web/instance.mjs
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
                   console.debug(`metrics/app/${login} > 404 (user/organization not found)`)
                   return res.status(404).send("Not found: unknown user or organization")
                 }
+              //GitHub failed request
+                if ((error instanceof Error)&&(/this may be the result of a timeout, or it could be a GitHub bug/i.test(error.errors?.[0]?.message))) {
+                  console.debug(`metrics/app/${login} > 502 (bad gateway from GitHub)`)
+                  const {request} = error.errors[0].message.match(/`(?<request>[\w:]+)`/)?.groups ?? null
+                  return res.status(502).send(`Bad Gateway: GitHub failed to execute request ${request} (this may be the result of a timeout, or it could be a GitHub bug)`)
+                }
               //General error
                 console.error(error)
                 return res.status(500).send("Internal Server Error: failed to process metrics correctly")
@@ -278,6 +284,12 @@
                 console.debug(`metrics/app/${login} > 400 (bad request)`)
                 return res.status(400).send("Bad request: unsupported template")
               }
+            //GitHub failed request
+              if ((error instanceof Error)&&(/this may be the result of a timeout, or it could be a GitHub bug/i.test(error.errors?.[0]?.message))) {
+                console.debug(`metrics/app/${login} > 502 (bad gateway from GitHub)`)
+                const {request} = error.errors[0].message.match(/`(?<request>[\w:]+)`/)?.groups ?? null
+                return res.status(502).send(`Bad Gateway: GitHub failed to execute request ${request} (this may be the result of a timeout, or it could be a GitHub bug)`)
+              }
             //General error
               console.error(error)
               return res.status(500).send("Internal Server Error: failed to process metrics correctly")
diff --git a/source/app/web/statics/about/script.js b/source/app/web/statics/about/script.js
index 61a73b19..4738002d 100644
--- a/source/app/web/statics/about/script.js
+++ b/source/app/web/statics/about/script.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
               this.metrics = (await axios.get(`/about/query/${this.user}`)).data
             }
             catch (error) {
-              this.error = error
+              this.error = {code:error.response.status, message:error.response.data}
             }
             finally {
               this.pending = false