diff --git a/common/errors.go b/common/errors.go
index 6759947..3d6a5f3 100644
--- a/common/errors.go
+++ b/common/errors.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package common
 import (
   "log"
   "fmt"
+  "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 )
 
 func Fail(err error, format string, v ...any) error {
@@ -10,3 +11,12 @@ func Fail(err error, format string, v ...any) error {
   log.Printf(err_format, v...)
   return err
 }
+
+func ApiError(c *fiber.Ctx, format string, args ...any) error {
+  c.Status(500)
+
+  return c.JSON(fiber.Map{
+    "error": fmt.Sprintf(format, args...),
+  })
+}
+
diff --git a/features/admin/api.go b/features/admin/api.go
index 27fefec..ca88757 100644
--- a/features/admin/api.go
+++ b/features/admin/api.go
@@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ func GetApiInsert(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
   if err != nil { return c.Redirect("/") }
 
   table := c.Params("table")
-  typeOf := data.Models()[table]
+  // check that this table exists in the model
+  typeOf, ok := data.Models()[table]
+
+  if !ok {
+    return ApiError(c, "admin table %s does not exist", table)
+  }
+
   result := reflect.New(typeOf)
 
   return c.JSON(result.Interface())
diff --git a/features/admin/views.go b/features/admin/views.go
index 465a910..d83cbe9 100644
--- a/features/admin/views.go
+++ b/features/admin/views.go
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ func SetupPages(app *fiber.App) {
   AddAuthedPage(app, true, "admin/table/new/:table/", "admin/table/new")
   AddPage(app, "admin/", "admin/index")
 
-  app.Get("/admin/table/:table/", GetPageContent)
+  app.Get("admin/table/:table/", GetPageContent)
   app.Get("/admin/table/:table/:id/", GetPageSelectOne)
 }
diff --git a/static/js/jzed.js b/static/js/jzed.js
index cfa53fd..35b1e35 100644
--- a/static/js/jzed.js
+++ b/static/js/jzed.js
@@ -249,3 +249,14 @@ const $switch = (template_id, data) => {
 
   return null;
 }
+
+const $no_error = (data, err) => {
+  if(err === null) {
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    const target = $id('error');
+    const templ = $id('error-template');
+    $replace_with(target, $render(templ, data));
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/views/admin/table/new.html b/views/admin/table/new.html
index 64b6c8e..a9c1ff2 100644
--- a/views/admin/table/new.html
+++ b/views/admin/table/new.html
@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 <script>
-$boot(async () => {
-  let item = await GetJson('/api/admin/table/new/{{ .table }}');
-  let data = [];
+const GetJsonErr = async (url) => {
+  const resp = await fetch(url);
 
-  for(let key of Object.keys(item)) {
-    data.push({key, value: item[key]});
+  if(resp.status == 200) {
+    return [await resp.json(), null];
+  } else {
+    return [await resp.json(), resp.status];
   }
+}
+
+$boot(async () => {
+  let [resp, err] = await GetJsonErr('/api/admin/table/new/{{ .table }}');
+
+  if($no_error(resp, err)) {
+    let data = [];
 
-  $render_data('data-template', 'data-form', data);
+    for(let key of Object.keys(resp)) {
+      data.push({key, value: resp[key]});
+    }
+
+    $render_data('data-template', 'data-form', data);
+  }
 });
 </script>
 
 <h1><a href="/admin/table/{{ .table }}/">&laquo;</a>Admin {{ .table }}</h1>
 
 <block>
+  <div id='error'></div>
+  <template id="error-template">
+    <aside id='error'><mark class="alert">${ error }</mark></aside>
+  </template>
+
   <form method="POST" action="/api/admin/table/new/{{ .table }}">
     <card>
     <top><h2>New {{ .table }}</h2></top>