diff --git a/resources/assets/src/js/net.js b/resources/assets/src/js/net.js
index 8af5c37d..2a7c609b 100644
--- a/resources/assets/src/js/net.js
+++ b/resources/assets/src/js/net.js
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ import { emit } from './event';
 import { queryStringify } from './utils';
 import { showAjaxError } from './notify';
 
+class HTTPError extends Error {
+    constructor(message, response) {
+        super(message);
+        this.response = response;
+    }
+}
+
 const empty = Object.create(null);
 /** @type Request */
 export const init = {
@@ -30,9 +37,8 @@ export async function walkFetch(request) {
                 ? response.json()
                 : response.text();
         } else {
-            const text = await response.text();
-            emit('fetchError', text);
-            showAjaxError(text);
+            const res = response.clone();
+            throw new HTTPError(await response.text(), res);
         }
     } catch (error) {
         emit('fetchError', error);
diff --git a/resources/assets/src/js/notify.js b/resources/assets/src/js/notify.js
index 227556b0..a695f617 100644
--- a/resources/assets/src/js/notify.js
+++ b/resources/assets/src/js/notify.js
@@ -21,16 +21,11 @@ export function showMsg(msg, type = 'info') {
 /**
  * Show modal if error occured when sending an ajax request.
  *
- * @param  {TypeError | string} error
+ * @param  {Error} error
  * @return {void}
  */
 export function showAjaxError(error) {
-    if (!error) {
-        return console.warn('Empty Ajax response body.');
-    }
-
-    const message = typeof error === 'string' ? error : error.message;
-    showModal(message.replace(/\n/g, '<br>'), trans('general.fatalError'), 'danger');
+    showModal(error.message.replace(/\n/g, '<br>'), trans('general.fatalError'), 'danger');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/resources/assets/tests/js/net.test.js b/resources/assets/tests/js/net.test.js
index 63f9ad6c..67fd03ca 100644
--- a/resources/assets/tests/js/net.test.js
+++ b/resources/assets/tests/js/net.test.js
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ test('the POST method', async () => {
 test('low level fetch', async () => {
     const json = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
     window.fetch = jest.fn()
-        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error)
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('network'))
         .mockResolvedValueOnce({
             ok: false,
-            text: () => Promise.resolve('404')
+            text: () => Promise.resolve('404'),
+            clone: () => ({})
         })
         .mockResolvedValueOnce({
             ok: true,
@@ -101,11 +102,13 @@ test('low level fetch', async () => {
 
     await net.walkFetch(request);
     expect(showAjaxError.mock.calls[0][0]).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect(showAjaxError.mock.calls[0][0]).toHaveProperty('message', 'network');
     expect(stub).toBeCalledWith(expect.any(Error));
 
     await net.walkFetch(request);
-    expect(showAjaxError).toBeCalledWith('404');
-    expect(stub).toBeCalledWith('404');
+    expect(showAjaxError.mock.calls[1][0]).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect(stub.mock.calls[1][0]).toHaveProperty('message', '404');
+    expect(stub.mock.calls[1][0]).toHaveProperty('response');
 
     await net.walkFetch(request);
     expect(json).toBeCalled();
diff --git a/resources/assets/tests/js/notify.test.js b/resources/assets/tests/js/notify.test.js
index 50d421d0..658d47e7 100644
--- a/resources/assets/tests/js/notify.test.js
+++ b/resources/assets/tests/js/notify.test.js
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ test('show message', () => {
 });
 
 test('show AJAX error', () => {
-    notify.showAjaxError();  // Can be no arguments
-
     $.fn.modal = function () {
         document.body.innerHTML = this.html();
     };
-    notify.showAjaxError('error\nerror');
-    expect(document.body.innerHTML).toContain('error<br>error');
 
     notify.showAjaxError(new Error('an-error'));
     expect(document.body.innerHTML).toContain('an-error');