diff --git a/src-tauri/src/alerts.rs b/src-tauri/src/alerts.rs
index c7ca5b6..12eadc0 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/alerts.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/alerts.rs
@@ -54,45 +54,81 @@ pub async fn get_github_security_alerts(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<AlertsR
             .await
         {
             Ok(response) => {
-                if response.status() == 422 {
-                    // 422 Unprocessable Entity usually means Dependabot is not enabled
-                    eprintln!("Dependabot not enabled for {}", repo);
+                let status = response.status();
+
+                if status == 422 {
+                    // 422 Unprocessable Entity: Dependabot not enabled on this repo
+                    eprintln!("[{}] Dependabot not enabled (HTTP 422)", repo);
                     repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
                         name: repo,
                         alerts: 0,
                         dependabot_enabled: false,
+                        error: None,
+                    });
+                } else if !status.is_success() {
+                    // Any other non-2xx: capture the raw body for a useful error message
+                    let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
+                    let msg = format!("HTTP {} — {}", status.as_u16(), body);
+                    eprintln!("[{}] GitHub API error: {}", repo, msg);
+                    repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
+                        name: repo,
+                        alerts: 0,
+                        dependabot_enabled: false,
+                        error: Some(msg),
                     });
                 } else {
-                    match response.json::<Vec<GitHubAlert>>().await {
-                        Ok(alerts) => {
-                            let open_alerts = alerts.iter()
-                                .filter(|a| a.state == "open")
-                                .count();
-                            total_alerts += open_alerts;
-                            repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
-                                name: repo,
-                                alerts: open_alerts,
-                                dependabot_enabled: true,
-                            });
+                    // 2xx: try to parse the JSON body
+                    // Read raw bytes first so we can log them if parsing fails
+                    match response.bytes().await {
+                        Ok(bytes) => {
+                            match serde_json::from_slice::<Vec<GitHubAlert>>(&bytes) {
+                                Ok(alerts) => {
+                                    let open_alerts = alerts.iter()
+                                        .filter(|a| a.state == "open")
+                                        .count();
+                                    total_alerts += open_alerts;
+                                    repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
+                                        name: repo,
+                                        alerts: open_alerts,
+                                        dependabot_enabled: true,
+                                        error: None,
+                                    });
+                                }
+                                Err(e) => {
+                                    // Log the raw body so we can see what GitHub actually returned
+                                    let raw = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+                                    let msg = format!("JSON parse error: {} — body: {}", e, raw);
+                                    eprintln!("[{}] {}", repo, msg);
+                                    repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
+                                        name: repo,
+                                        alerts: 0,
+                                        dependabot_enabled: false,
+                                        error: Some(format!("JSON parse error: {}", e)),
+                                    });
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                         Err(e) => {
-                            eprintln!("Failed to parse alerts for {}: {}", repo, e);
-                            // If parsing fails, assume Dependabot is not enabled
+                            let msg = format!("Error reading response body: {}", e);
+                            eprintln!("[{}] {}", repo, msg);
                             repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
                                 name: repo,
                                 alerts: 0,
                                 dependabot_enabled: false,
+                                error: Some(msg),
                             });
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                eprintln!("Failed to fetch alerts for {}: {}", repo, e);
+                let msg = format!("Network error: {}", e);
+                eprintln!("[{}] {}", repo, msg);
                 repo_alerts.push(RepoAlerts {
                     name: repo,
                     alerts: 0,
                     dependabot_enabled: false,
+                    error: Some(msg),
                 });
             }
         }
@@ -102,4 +138,4 @@ pub async fn get_github_security_alerts(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<AlertsR
         total_alerts,
         repos: repo_alerts,
     })
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/models.rs b/src-tauri/src/models.rs
index 74e0dc7..3642662 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/models.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/models.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub struct RepoAlerts {
     pub name: String,
     pub alerts: usize,
     pub dependabot_enabled: bool,
+    pub error: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/tauri/tauri.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/tauri/tauri.service.ts
index b60d23a..fd8f699 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/tauri/tauri.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/tauri/tauri.service.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface RepoAlerts {
   name: string;
   alerts: number;
   dependabot_enabled: boolean;
+  error?: string;
 }
 
 export interface AlertsResponse {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.html
index 8f3070b..7190390 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.html
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@
       </div>
       <div
         class="repo-badge"
-        [class.safe]="repo.alerts === 0 && repo.dependabot_enabled"
+        [class.safe]="repo.alerts === 0 && repo.dependabot_enabled && !repo.error"
         [class.danger]="repo.alerts > 0"
-        [class.disabled]="!repo.dependabot_enabled"
-        [attr.title]="!repo.dependabot_enabled ? 'Dependabot not enabled' : null"
+        [class.disabled]="!repo.dependabot_enabled && !repo.error"
+        [class.error]="!!repo.error"
+        [attr.title]="repo.error ? repo.error : (!repo.dependabot_enabled ? 'Dependabot not enabled' : null)"
       >
-        <i *ngIf="repo.alerts === 0 && repo.dependabot_enabled" class="ti ti-check"></i>
-        <i *ngIf="!repo.dependabot_enabled" class="ti ti-minus" style="color: #64748b"></i>
+        <i *ngIf="repo.alerts === 0 && repo.dependabot_enabled && !repo.error" class="ti ti-check"></i>
+        <i *ngIf="!repo.dependabot_enabled && !repo.error" class="ti ti-minus" style="color: #64748b"></i>
+        <i *ngIf="repo.error" class="ti ti-alert-circle"></i>
         <span *ngIf="repo.alerts > 0">{{ repo.alerts }}</span>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.scss b/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.scss
index d49bd71..c32e0d5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/alerts-list/alerts-list.component.scss
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@
       color: colors.$text-secondary;
       cursor: help;
     }
+
+    &.error {
+      background: rgba(colors.$danger-color, 0.1);
+      color: colors.$danger-color;
+      cursor: help;
+    }
   }
 }