diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index eb80967..b904dbf 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ function App() {
   const registerName = async () => {
     try {
       if (!userInfo?.address) throw new Error("Your address was not found");
+      if(!registerNameValue) throw new Error('Enter a name')
       const fee = await getFee("REGISTER_NAME");
       await show({
         message: "Would you like to register this name?",
diff --git a/src/background.ts b/src/background.ts
index 32dbe0f..059b22b 100644
--- a/src/background.ts
+++ b/src/background.ts
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ async function registerName({ name }) {
 
   const res = await processTransactionVersion2(signedBytes);
   if (!res?.signature)
-    throw new Error("Transaction was not able to be processed");
+    throw new Error(res?.message || "Transaction was not able to be processed");
   return res;
 }
 async function makeAdmin({ groupId, qortalAddress }) {
diff --git a/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx b/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
index 54794e5..77d8444 100644
--- a/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
@@ -507,7 +507,10 @@ isDOMContentLoaded: false
           if (response.error) {
             eventPort.postMessage({
               result: null,
-              error: response,
+              error: {
+                error: response?.error,
+                message: typeof response?.error === 'string' ? response?.error : 'An error has occurred'
+              },
             });
           } else {
             eventPort.postMessage({