diff --git a/src/argus_htmx/incidents/views.py b/src/argus_htmx/incidents/views.py
index 4223163..e0c07d6 100644
--- a/src/argus_htmx/incidents/views.py
+++ b/src/argus_htmx/incidents/views.py
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@
 
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST, require_GET
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
-from django_htmx.middleware import HtmxDetails
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django_htmx.http import HttpResponseClientRefresh
 
 from argus.auth.utils import get_preference, save_preference
 from argus.incident.models import Incident
 from argus.util.datetime_utils import make_aware
 
+from ..request import HtmxHttpRequest
+
 from .constants import ALLOWED_PAGE_SIZES
 from .customization import get_incident_table_columns
 from .utils import get_filter_function
@@ -52,10 +53,6 @@ def prefetch_incident_daughters():
     )
 
 
-class HtmxHttpRequest(HttpRequest):
-    htmx: HtmxDetails
-
-
 # fetch with htmx
 def incident_detail(request, pk: int):
     incident = get_object_or_404(Incident, id=pk)
diff --git a/src/argus_htmx/middleware.py b/src/argus_htmx/middleware.py
index ad352fb..953b456 100644
--- a/src/argus_htmx/middleware.py
+++ b/src/argus_htmx/middleware.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
-from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.template import loader
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+from django.contrib import messages
+from .request import HtmxHttpRequest
 
 
 class LoginRequiredMiddleware:
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ class HtmxMessageMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
     TEMPLATE = "messages/_notification_messages_htmx_append.html"
 
-    def process_response(self, request: HttpRequest, response: HttpResponse) -> HttpResponse:
+    def process_response(self, request: HtmxHttpRequest, response: HttpResponse) -> HttpResponse:
         if not request.htmx:
             return response
 
@@ -65,5 +67,23 @@ def process_response(self, request: HttpRequest, response: HttpResponse) -> Http
         if not response.writable():
             return response
 
+        # For HTMX error responses, the view should make sure to write the appropriate message to
+        # django messages framework. However, if it doesn't, we add a (generic) message so that we
+        # can at least send some indication to the user that something has gone wrong.
+        if response.status_code >= 400:
+            storage = messages.get_messages(request)
+            has_error_message = any("error" in message.tags for message in storage)
+            storage.used = False
+            if not has_error_message:
+                messages.error(request, "An error occured while processing your request, please try again")
+            # HTMX doesn't swap content for response codes >=400. However, we do want to show
+            # the new messages, so we need to rewrite the response to 200, and make sure it only
+            # swaps the oob notification content
+            response = HttpResponse(
+                headers={
+                    "HX-Retarget": "#notification-messages .toast",
+                    "HX-Reswap": "beforeend",
+                }
+            )
         response.write(loader.render_to_string(self.TEMPLATE, request=request))
         return response
diff --git a/src/argus_htmx/request.py b/src/argus_htmx/request.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178c49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/argus_htmx/request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django_htmx.middleware import HtmxDetails
+
+
+class HtmxHttpRequest(HttpRequest):
+    htmx: HtmxDetails