diff --git a/lib/routes-ui.js b/lib/routes-ui.js
index b8b57fb6..b9fd74ec 100644
--- a/lib/routes-ui.js
+++ b/lib/routes-ui.js
@@ -7528,6 +7528,7 @@ ${Buffer.from(data.content, 'base64url').toString('base64')}
 
                     documentStoreEnabled: await settings.get('documentStoreEnabled'),
                     hasOpenAiAPIKey: !!(await settings.get('openAiAPIKey')),
+                    indexInfo: await settings.get('embeddings:index'),
 
                     openAiModels: pfStructuredClone(OPEN_AI_MODELS_CHAT).map(model => {
                         model.selected = model.key === documentStoreChatModel;
@@ -7570,6 +7571,7 @@ ${Buffer.from(data.content, 'base64url').toString('base64')}
 
                         documentStoreEnabled: await settings.get('documentStoreEnabled'),
                         hasOpenAiAPIKey: !!(await settings.get('openAiAPIKey')),
+                        indexInfo: await settings.get('embeddings:index'),
 
                         openAiModels: pfStructuredClone(OPEN_AI_MODELS_CHAT).map(model => {
                             model.selected = model.key === request.payload.documentStoreChatModel;
@@ -7614,6 +7616,7 @@ ${Buffer.from(data.content, 'base64url').toString('base64')}
 
                                 documentStoreEnabled: await settings.get('documentStoreEnabled'),
                                 hasOpenAiAPIKey: !!(await settings.get('openAiAPIKey')),
+                                indexInfo: await settings.get('embeddings:index'),
 
                                 openAiModels: pfStructuredClone(OPEN_AI_MODELS_CHAT).map(model => {
                                     model.selected = model.key === request.payload.documentStoreChatModel;
diff --git a/views/config/document-store/chat.hbs b/views/config/document-store/chat.hbs
index 519b4bda..f221c154 100644
--- a/views/config/document-store/chat.hbs
+++ b/views/config/document-store/chat.hbs
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
 
         <div class="card-body">
 
+            {{#if indexInfo.error}}
+            <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                <strong>Index handling failed:</strong> <br>
+                <pre>{{indexInfo.error}}</pre>
+            </div>
+            {{/if}}
+
             <div class="form-group">
 
                 <div class="text-muted float-right code-link">[<a href="/admin/iframe/docs#/Settings/postV1Settings"