diff --git a/backend/app/services/crucible_readme.md b/backend/app/services/crucible_readme.md
index 4b61e5eb..e58184ea 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/crucible_readme.md
+++ b/backend/app/services/crucible_readme.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ each with a specific document mapping. CDM index names include a "root" name
 
 Crucible timestamps are integers in "millisecond-from-the-epoch" format.
 
+The Crucible CDM hierarchy is roughly:
+
+- RUN (an instrumented benchmark run)
+  - TAG (metadata)
+  - ITERATION (a benchmark interval)
+    - PARAM (execution parameters)
+    - SAMPLE
+      - PERIOD (time range where data is recorded)
+        - METRIC_DESC (description of a specific recorded metric)
+          - METRIC_DATA (a specific recorded data point)
+
 <dl>
 <dt>RUN</dt><dd>this contains the basic information about a performance run, including a
     generated UUID, begin and end timestamps, a benchmark name, a user name and
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start-reload.sh b/backend/scripts/start-reload.sh
index 869f2488..764e707c 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/start-reload.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/start-reload.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
+
 uvicorn --reload --host="0.0.0.0" --port=8000 --forwarded-allow-ips='*' --proxy-headers app.main:app
diff --git a/frontend/src/actions/ilabActions.js b/frontend/src/actions/ilabActions.js
index 45275bbc..65d8ec59 100644
--- a/frontend/src/actions/ilabActions.js
+++ b/frontend/src/actions/ilabActions.js
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ export const fetchPeriods = (uid) => async (dispatch) => {
       });
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error(error);
-    dispatch(showFailureToast(error?.response?.data?.detail));
+    console.error(`ERROR (${error?.response?.status}): ${JSON.stringify(error?.response?.data)}`);
+    dispatch(showFailureToast());
   }
   dispatch({ type: TYPES.COMPLETED });
 };
@@ -144,16 +144,8 @@ export const fetchGraphData =
         });
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      var detail = error?.response?.data?.detail;
-      var str;
-      if (typeof detail == "string") {
-        str = detail;
-      } else if (typeof detail == "object" && typeof detail?.message == "string") {
-        str = detail.message;
-      } else {
-        str = JSON.stringify(detail);
-      }
-      dispatch(showFailureToast(str));
+      console.error(`ERROR (${error?.response?.status}): ${JSON.stringify(error?.response?.data)}`);
+      dispatch(showFailureToast());
     }
     dispatch({ type: TYPES.GRAPH_COMPLETED });
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/actions/toastActions.js b/frontend/src/actions/toastActions.js
index a0fddabc..574487f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/actions/toastActions.js
+++ b/frontend/src/actions/toastActions.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import * as TYPES from "./types";
 
 import { uid } from "@/utils/helper";
 
-export const showFailureToast = (message = null) => async (dispatch) => {
+export const showFailureToast = () => async (dispatch) => {
   const toast = {
     variant: "danger",
     title: "Something went wrong",
-    message: message ? message : "Please try again later",
+    message: "Please try again later",
   };
   dispatch(showToast(toast.variant, toast.title, toast.message));
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/atoms/PlotGraph/index.jsx b/frontend/src/components/atoms/PlotGraph/index.jsx
index 2afb0f1c..182496f7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/atoms/PlotGraph/index.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/atoms/PlotGraph/index.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import Plotly from "react-plotly.js";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+
 const PlotGraph = (props) => {
   return (
     <Plotly
       data={props?.data}
       useResizeHandler={false}
-      layout={props?.layout}
-      // layout={{ responsive: false, autosize: false, width: 600, length: 600 }}
+      layout={{ responsive: false, autosize: false, width: 600, length: 600 }}
     />
   );
 };
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ export default PlotGraph;
 
 PlotGraph.propTypes = {
   data: PropTypes.arr,
-  layout: PropTypes.object,
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/templates/ILab/index.jsx b/frontend/src/components/templates/ILab/index.jsx
index 8085c5f5..0b4425fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/templates/ILab/index.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/templates/ILab/index.jsx
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const ILab = () => {
     if (isExpanding) {
       dispatch(fetchPeriods(run.id));
       dispatch(fetchMetricsInfo(run.id));
-      // dispatch(fetchGraphData(run.id, run?.primary_metrics[0]));
     }
   };