diff --git a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Audio.ts b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Audio.ts
index c85ce536..adab4b39 100644
--- a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Audio.ts
+++ b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Audio.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export class Audio extends Media {
     }
 
     DependencyContext.collectPromise(
-      new Promise<void>(resolve => {
-        this.waitForCanPlay(audio, resolve);
+      new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        this.waitForCanPlay(audio, resolve, reject);
       }),
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Img.ts b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Img.ts
index e803d5b6..8daee330 100644
--- a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Img.ts
+++ b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Img.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {
   BBox,
   Color,
   DependencyContext,
-  DetailedError,
   PossibleVector2,
   SerializedVector2,
   SignalValue,
@@ -159,18 +158,9 @@ export class Img extends Asset {
           image.addEventListener('load', resolve);
           image.addEventListener('error', () =>
             reject(
-              new DetailedError({
-                message: `Failed to load an image`,
-                remarks: `\
-The <code>src</code> property was set to:
-<pre><code>${rawSrc}</code></pre>
-...which resolved to the following url:
-<pre><code>${src}</code></pre>
-Make sure that source is correct and that the image exists.<br/>
-<a target='_blank' href='https://motioncanvas.io/docs/media#images'>Learn more</a>
-about working with images.`,
-                inspect: this.key,
-              }),
+              new Error(
+                `Failed to load the image: ${src} for node ${this.key}. If you are sure that the url is correct, this might be a CORS error.`,
+              ),
             ),
           );
         }),
diff --git a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Media.ts b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Media.ts
index 0cd16183..82781674 100644
--- a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Media.ts
+++ b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Media.ts
@@ -218,12 +218,18 @@ export abstract class Media extends Asset {
   }
 
   protected scheduleSeek(time: number) {
-    this.waitForCanPlay(this.mediaElement(), () => {
-      const media = this.mediaElement();
-      // Wait until the media is ready to seek again as
-      // setting the time before the video doesn't work reliably.
-      media.currentTime = time;
-    });
+    this.waitForCanPlay(
+      this.mediaElement(),
+      () => {
+        const media = this.mediaElement();
+        // Wait until the media is ready to seek again as
+        // setting the time before the video doesn't work reliably.
+        media.currentTime = time;
+      },
+      (error: string) => {
+        throw new Error(error);
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -233,7 +239,11 @@ export abstract class Media extends Asset {
    * @param onCanPlay - The function to call when the media is ready to play.
    * @returns
    */
-  protected waitForCanPlay(media: HTMLMediaElement, onCanPlay: () => void) {
+  protected waitForCanPlay(
+    media: HTMLMediaElement,
+    onCanPlay: () => void,
+    onErrorMessage: (message: string) => void,
+  ) {
     if (media.readyState >= 2) {
       onCanPlay();
       return;
@@ -246,8 +256,9 @@ export abstract class Media extends Asset {
 
     const onError = () => {
       const reason = this.getErrorReason(media.error?.code);
-      console.log(`ERROR: Error loading video: ${this.src()}, ${reason}`);
-      media.removeEventListener('error', onError);
+      onErrorMessage(
+        `Failed to load media: ${this.src()} for node ${this.key}: ${reason}. If you are sure that the url is correct, this might be a CORS error.`,
+      );
     };
 
     media.addEventListener('canplay', onCanPlayWrapper);
diff --git a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Video.ts b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Video.ts
index ac1fe3ed..6079a90d 100644
--- a/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Video.ts
+++ b/packages/2d/src/lib/components/Video.ts
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ export class Video extends Media {
     }
 
     DependencyContext.collectPromise(
-      new Promise<void>(resolve => {
-        this.waitForCanPlay(video, resolve);
+      new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        this.waitForCanPlay(video, resolve, reject);
       }),
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/2d/src/lib/utils/video/ffmpeg-client.ts b/packages/2d/src/lib/utils/video/ffmpeg-client.ts
index 02f10408..b2eb4db8 100644
--- a/packages/2d/src/lib/utils/video/ffmpeg-client.ts
+++ b/packages/2d/src/lib/utils/video/ffmpeg-client.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import {verifyFetchResponse} from '@revideo/core';
+
 export class ImageCommunication {
   public constructor() {
     if (!import.meta.hot) {
@@ -27,9 +29,10 @@ export class ImageCommunication {
       }),
     });
 
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
-    }
+    await verifyFetchResponse(
+      response,
+      "Didn't get frame from /revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/video-frame",
+    );
 
     const width = parseInt(response.headers.get('X-Frame-Width') || '1080', 10);
     const height = parseInt(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/app/Renderer.ts b/packages/core/src/app/Renderer.ts
index 11e9f0e7..8802bb0b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/app/Renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/app/Renderer.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ export class Renderer {
     this.finished.dispatch(result);
     this.sharedWebGLContext.dispose();
     this.lock.release();
+
+    return result;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/FFmpegExporter.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/FFmpegExporter.ts
index 366afc75..07f346c6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/FFmpegExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/FFmpegExporter.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {EventDispatcher} from '../events';
 import {BoolMetaField, MetaField, ObjectMetaField, ValueOf} from '../meta';
 import {Exporter} from './Exporter';
 import {download} from './download-videos';
+import {verifyFetchResponse} from './utils';
 
 type ServerResponse =
   | {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export class FFmpegExporterClient implements Exporter {
 
   public async stop(result: RendererResult): Promise<void> {
     await this.invoke('end', result);
-    await fetch('/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished', {
+    const response = await fetch('/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished', {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: {
         // eslint-disable-next-line
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ export class FFmpegExporterClient implements Exporter {
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({}),
     });
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(response, '/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished');
   }
 
   public async kill(): Promise<void> {
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ export class FFmpegExporterClient implements Exporter {
     startFrame: number,
     endFrame: number,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    await fetch('/audio-processing/generate-audio', {
+    const response = await fetch('/audio-processing/generate-audio', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         tempDir: `revideo-${this.settings.name}-${this.settings.hiddenFolderId}`,
@@ -146,19 +149,23 @@ export class FFmpegExporterClient implements Exporter {
         fps: this.settings.fps,
       }),
     });
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(response, '/audio-processing/generate-audio');
   }
 
   public async mergeMedia(): Promise<void> {
     const outputFilename = this.settings.name;
     const tempDir = `revideo-${this.settings.name}-${this.settings.hiddenFolderId}`;
 
-    await fetch('/audio-processing/merge-media', {
+    const response = await fetch('/audio-processing/merge-media', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         outputFilename,
         tempDir,
       }),
     });
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(response, '/audio-processing/merge-media');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/WasmExporter.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/WasmExporter.ts
index da307842..c42184c2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/WasmExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/WasmExporter.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {AssetInfo, RendererSettings} from '../app/Renderer';
 import {MetaField, ObjectMetaField} from '../meta';
 import {Exporter} from './Exporter';
 import {download} from './download-videos';
+import {verifyFetchResponse} from './utils';
 
 export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
   public static readonly id = '@revideo/core/wasm';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
   public async handleFrame(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement): Promise<void> {
     const frame = new VideoFrame(canvas, {timestamp: 0});
     await this.encoder.addFrame(frame);
+
     frame.close();
   }
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
       `revideo-${this.settings.name}-${this.settings.hiddenFolderId}`,
     );
 
-    await fetch('/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished', {
+    const finishResponse = await fetch('/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished', {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: {
         // eslint-disable-next-line
@@ -64,10 +66,17 @@ export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
       body: JSON.stringify({}),
     });
 
-    await fetch('/uploadVideoFile', {
+    await verifyFetchResponse(
+      finishResponse,
+      '/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/finished',
+    );
+
+    const uploadResponse = await fetch('/uploadVideoFile', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: formData,
     });
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(uploadResponse, '/uploadVideoFile');
   }
 
   public async generateAudio(
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
     startFrame: number,
     endFrame: number,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    await fetch('/audio-processing/generate-audio', {
+    const response = await fetch('/audio-processing/generate-audio', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         tempDir: `revideo-${this.settings.name}-${this.settings.hiddenFolderId}`,
@@ -85,19 +94,25 @@ export class WasmExporter implements Exporter {
         fps: this.settings.fps,
       }),
     });
+
+    console.log('generate audio response aahhh OK????', response.ok);
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(response, '/audio-processing/generate-audio');
   }
 
   public async mergeMedia(): Promise<void> {
     const outputFilename = this.settings.name;
     const tempDir = `revideo-${this.settings.name}-${this.settings.hiddenFolderId}`;
 
-    await fetch('/audio-processing/merge-media', {
+    const response = await fetch('/audio-processing/merge-media', {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         outputFilename,
         tempDir,
       }),
     });
+
+    await verifyFetchResponse(response, '/audio-processing/merge-media');
   }
 
   public async downloadVideos(assets: AssetInfo[][]): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/download-videos.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/download-videos.ts
index 3342fd61..7f01253c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/download-videos.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/download-videos.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {AssetInfo} from '../app';
+import {verifyFetchResponse} from './utils';
 
 export async function download(assets: AssetInfo[][]): Promise<void> {
   const videoRanges: Map<string, {start: number; end: number}> = new Map();
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ export async function download(assets: AssetInfo[][]): Promise<void> {
     },
   );
 
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
-  }
+  await verifyFetchResponse(
+    response,
+    '/revideo-ffmpeg-decoder/download-video-chunks',
+  );
 
   const result = await response.json();
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/index.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/index.ts
index e6e09663..8c541235 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export * from './Exporter';
 export * from './FFmpegExporter';
 export * from './ImageExporter';
 export * from './WasmExporter';
+export * from './utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8022e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export async function verifyFetchResponse(response: Response, remarks: string) {
+  if (response.ok) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(
+    `ERROR: ${remarks}. response returned status code ${response.status}.`,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/renderer/client/render.ts b/packages/renderer/client/render.ts
index 3c33437e..a23eb6c5 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/client/render.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/client/render.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Project, Renderer, Vector2} from '@revideo/core';
+import {Project, Renderer, RendererResult, Vector2} from '@revideo/core';
 
 declare global {
   interface Window {
@@ -54,10 +54,15 @@ export const render = async (
       renderSettings.size = new Vector2({x: videoWidth, y: videoHeight});
     }
 
-    await renderer.render(renderSettings);
-    window.onRenderComplete();
+    const result = await renderer.render(renderSettings);
+    if (result === RendererResult.Success) {
+      window.onRenderComplete();
+    } else {
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 3000)); // wait for two seconds for error to be handled
+      window.onRenderFailed('Render process failed');
+    }
   } catch (e: any) {
-    window.onRenderFailed(e.message);
+    window.onRenderFailed(e.message ?? e);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/renderer/server/render-video.ts b/packages/renderer/server/render-video.ts
index ef070114..8d3841d5 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/server/render-video.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/server/render-video.ts
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@ async function renderVideoOnPage(
       clearInterval(interval);
       reject(new Error(errorMessage));
     });
-
-    page.exposeFunction('browserError', (message: string) => {
-      reject(new Error(message));
-    });
   });
 
   await page.goto(url);