diff --git a/js/actions/edition_actions.js b/js/actions/edition_actions.js
index 9563ed92..1727deff 100644
--- a/js/actions/edition_actions.js
+++ b/js/actions/edition_actions.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class EditionActions {
             'fetchEdition',
             'successFetchEdition',
             'successFetchCoa',
+            'flushEdition',
             'errorCoa',
             'errorEdition'
         );
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition.js b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition.js
index 567c7d7f..d12d2a41 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ let Edition = React.createClass({
         actionPanelButtonListType: React.PropTypes.func,
         furtherDetailsType: React.PropTypes.func,
         edition: React.PropTypes.object,
+        coaError: React.PropTypes.object,
         currentUser: React.PropTypes.object,
         loadEdition: React.PropTypes.func
     },
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ let Edition = React.createClass({
                         title={getLangText('Certificate of Authenticity')}
                         show={this.props.edition.acl.acl_coa === true}>
                         <CoaDetails
-                            coa={this.props.edition.coa}/>
+                            coa={this.props.edition.coa}
+                            coaError={this.props.coaError}
+                            editionId={this.props.edition.bitcoin_id}/>
                     </CollapsibleParagraph>
 
                     <CollapsibleParagraph
@@ -216,10 +219,28 @@ let EditionSummary = React.createClass({
 
 let CoaDetails = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
-        coa: React.PropTypes.object
+        editionId: React.PropTypes.string,
+        coa: React.PropTypes.object,
+        coaError: React.PropTypes.object
+    },
+
+    contactOnIntercom() {
+        window.Intercom('showNewMessage', `Hi, I'm having problems generating a Certificate of Authenticity for Edition: ${this.props.editionId}`);
+        console.logGlobal(new Error(`Coa couldn't be created for edition: ${this.props.editionId}`));
     },
 
     render() {
+        if(this.props.coaError) {
+            return (
+                <div className="text-center">
+                    <p>{getLangText('There was an error generating your Certificate of Authenticity.')}</p>
+                    <p>
+                        {getLangText('Try to refresh the page. If this happens repeatedly, please ')}
+                        <a style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }} onClick={this.contactOnIntercom}>{getLangText('contact us')}</a>.
+                    </p>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
         if(this.props.coa && this.props.coa.url_safe) {
             return (
                 <div>
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
index 2a0e7d5e..add06ccd 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ let EditionContainer = React.createClass({
         // just reset the edition that is saved in the edition store
         // as it will otherwise display wrong/old data once the user loads
         // the edition detail a second time
+        EditionActions.flushEdition();
         EditionActions.fetchEdition(this.props.params.editionId);
 
         UserActions.fetchCurrentUser();
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ let EditionContainer = React.createClass({
                     actionPanelButtonListType={this.props.actionPanelButtonListType}
                     furtherDetailsType={this.props.furtherDetailsType}
                     edition={this.state.edition}
+                    coaError={this.state.coaMeta.err}
                     currentUser={this.state.currentUser}
                     loadEdition={() => EditionActions.fetchEdition(this.props.params.editionId)} />
             );
diff --git a/js/fetchers/coa_fetcher.js b/js/fetchers/coa_fetcher.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e4956c66..00000000
--- a/js/fetchers/coa_fetcher.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import requests from '../utils/requests';
-
-let CoaFetcher = {
-    /**
-     * Fetch one user from the API.
-     * If no arg is supplied, load the current user
-     */
-    fetchOne(id) {
-        return requests.get('coa', {'id': id});
-    },
-    create(bitcoinId) {
-        return requests.post('coa_create', {body: {'bitcoin_id': bitcoinId}});
-    }
-};
-
-export default CoaFetcher;
diff --git a/js/fetchers/edition_fetcher.js b/js/fetchers/edition_fetcher.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d289a3e..00000000
--- a/js/fetchers/edition_fetcher.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import requests from '../utils/requests';
-
-let EditionFetcher = {
-    /**
-     * Fetch one user from the API.
-     * If no arg is supplied, load the current user
-     */
-    fetchOne(editionId) {
-        return requests.get('edition', {'bitcoin_id': editionId});
-    }
-};
-
-export default EditionFetcher;
diff --git a/js/stores/edition_store.js b/js/stores/edition_store.js
index 212dc25c..fbe070e1 100644
--- a/js/stores/edition_store.js
+++ b/js/stores/edition_store.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class EditionStore {
 
         if(this.edition && this.edition.coa && typeof this.edition.coa.constructor !== Object) {
             this.getInstance().lookupCoa();
-        } else if(this.edition && !this.edition.coa) {
+        } else if(this.edition && !this.edition.coa && this.edition.acl.acl_coa) {
             this.getInstance().performCreateCoa();
         }
     }
@@ -46,11 +46,22 @@ class EditionStore {
         this.edition.coa = coa;
     }
 
-    onEditionError(err) {
+    onFlushEdition() {
+        this.edition = null;
+        this.editionMeta = {
+            err: null,
+            idToFetch: null
+        };
+        this.coaMeta = {
+            err: null
+        };
+    }
+
+    onErrorEdition(err) {
         this.editionMeta.err = err;
     }
 
-    onCoaError(err) {
+    onErrorCoa(err) {
         this.coaMeta.err = err;
     }
 }
diff --git a/js/utils/requests.js b/js/utils/requests.js
index 9195661d..d3f5d964 100644
--- a/js/utils/requests.js
+++ b/js/utils/requests.js
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ import { argsToQueryParams } from '../utils/url_utils';
 class Requests {
     unpackResponse(response) {
         if (response.status >= 500) {
-            throw new Error(response.status + ' - ' + response.statusText + ' - on URL:' + response.url);
+            let err = new Error(response.status + ' - ' + response.statusText + ' - on URL:' + response.url);
+            response
+                .text()
+                .then((resText) => JSON.parse(resText))
+                .then((resJSON) => {
+                    err = new Error(resJSON.errors.pop());
+                })
+                .catch(() => { throw err; });
         }
 
         return Q.Promise((resolve, reject) => {