diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index de83cfe..c77b81b 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1381,6 +1381,7 @@ 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 8cc4665..6666453 100644
--- a/src/background.ts
+++ b/src/background.ts
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ export 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;
 }
 export async function makeAdmin({ groupId, qortalAddress }) {
diff --git a/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx b/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
index 68c7fa1..8b48642 100644
--- a/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Apps/useQortalMessageListener.tsx
@@ -499,7 +499,10 @@ 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({