diff --git a/src/app/courses/courses.component.ts b/src/app/courses/courses.component.ts
index b386780c1a..69902d721f 100644
--- a/src/app/courses/courses.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/courses/courses.component.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class CoursesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         }).filter((c: any) => {
           return c._id !== '_design/course-validators';
         });
-      });
+      }, (error) => this.planetMessageService.showAlert('There was a problem getting courses'));
   }
 
   ngAfterViewInit() {
diff --git a/src/app/meetups/meetups.component.ts b/src/app/meetups/meetups.component.ts
index e2f1f10ca2..4b7447accd 100644
--- a/src/app/meetups/meetups.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/meetups/meetups.component.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class MeetupsComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         // _all_docs returns object with rows array of objects with 'doc' property that has an object with the data.
         // Map over data.rows to remove the 'doc' property layer
         this.meetups.data = data.rows.map(meetup => meetup.doc);
-      }, (error) => this.message = 'There was a problem getting meetups');
+      }, (error) => this.planetMessageService.showAlert('There was a problem getting meetups'));
   }
 
   deleteClick(meetup) {
diff --git a/src/app/resources/resources.component.ts b/src/app/resources/resources.component.ts
index cb76f024f8..3139d21f4b 100644
--- a/src/app/resources/resources.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/resources/resources.component.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class ResourcesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           // Sort in descending articleDate order, so the new resource can be shown on the top
           data.rows.sort((a, b) => b.doc.articleDate - a.doc.articleDate);
           this.resources.data = data.rows.map(res => res.doc);
-        }, error => (this.message = 'Error'));
+        }, (error) => this.planetMessageService.showAlert('There was a problem getting resources'));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/users/users.component.ts b/src/app/users/users.component.ts
index f39674d18f..3b76a72772 100644
--- a/src/app/users/users.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/users/users.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { environment } from '../../environments/environment';
 import { MatTableDataSource, MatSort, MatPaginator } from '@angular/material';
 import { SelectionModel } from '@angular/cdk/collections';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { PlanetMessageService } from '../shared/planet-message.service';
 
 @Component({
   templateUrl: './users.component.html',
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ export class UsersComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   constructor(
     private userService: UserService,
     private couchService: CouchService,
-    private router: Router
+    private router: Router,
+    private planetMessageService: PlanetMessageService
   ) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ export class UsersComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
       this.initializeData();
     } else {
       // A non-admin user cannot receive all user docs
-      this.message = 'Access restricted to admins';
+      this.planetMessageService.showAlert('Access restricted to admins');
       this.displayTable = false;
     }
   }