diff --git a/frontend/interfaces/errors500.js b/frontend/interfaces/errors500.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39b02123c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/interfaces/errors500.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+export default PropTypes.shape({
+  http_status: PropTypes.number,
+  base: PropTypes.string,
+});
diff --git a/frontend/pages/Kolide500/Kolide500.jsx b/frontend/pages/Kolide500/Kolide500.jsx
index dd9282f41ec..a0772c432c3 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/Kolide500/Kolide500.jsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/Kolide500/Kolide500.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,72 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { noop } from 'lodash';
+import { resetErrors } from 'redux/nodes/errors500/actions';
+import errorsInterface from 'interfaces/errors500';
 
 import kolideLogo from '../../../assets/images/kolide-logo-condensed.svg';
 import gopher from '../../../assets/images/500.svg';
 
 const baseClass = 'kolide-500';
 
-class Kolide404 extends Component {
+class Kolide500 extends Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    errors: errorsInterface,
+    dispatch: PropTypes.func,
+  };
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    dispatch: noop,
+  };
+
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      showErrorMessage: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    const { dispatch } = this.props;
+    dispatch(resetErrors());
+  }
+
+  onShowErrorMessage = () => {
+    this.setState({ showErrorMessage: true });
+  }
+
+  renderError = () => {
+    const { errors } = this.props;
+    const errorMessage = errors ? errors.base : null;
+    const { showErrorMessage } = this.state;
+    const { onShowErrorMessage } = this;
+
+    if (errorMessage && !showErrorMessage) {
+      // We only show the button when errorMessage exists
+      // and showErrorMessage is set to false
+      return (
+        <button className="button button--muted" onClick={onShowErrorMessage}>SHOW ERROR</button>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (errorMessage && showErrorMessage) {
+      // We only show the error message when errorMessage exists
+      // and showErrorMessage is set to true
+      return (
+        <div className="error-message-container">
+          <p>{errorMessage}</p>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   render () {
+    const { renderError } = this;
+
     return (
       <div className={baseClass}>
         <header className="primary-header">
@@ -18,10 +78,17 @@ class Kolide404 extends Component {
           <h1>Uh oh!</h1>
           <h2>Error 500</h2>
           <p>Something went wrong on our end.</p>
-          <p>We have alerted the engineers and they are working on a solution.</p>
+          {renderError()}
+          <p>Please file an issue if you believe this is a bug.</p>
+          <a
+            href="https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues"
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            File an issue
+          </a>
           <div className="gopher-container">
             <img src={gopher} alt="" />
-            <p>Need assistance? <a href="https://github.com/kolide/fleet/issues">File an issue</a>.</p>
           </div>
         </main>
       </div>
@@ -29,4 +96,11 @@ class Kolide404 extends Component {
   }
 }
 
-export default Kolide404;
+const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
+  const { errors } = state.errors500;
+  return {
+    errors,
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(Kolide500);
diff --git a/frontend/pages/Kolide500/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/Kolide500/_styles.scss
index 62f835200e7..775818d2cef 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/Kolide500/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/Kolide500/_styles.scss
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .error-message-container {
+    display: inline;
+  }
+
   main {
     text-align: center;
 
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/actions.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/actions.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b4c2e4f379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/actions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export const RESET_ERRORS = 'RESET_ERRORS';
+
+export const resetErrors = () => {
+  return {
+    type: RESET_ERRORS,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03fe16f081a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {
+  RESET_ERRORS,
+} from './actions';
+
+const initialState = {
+  errors: null,
+};
+
+const reducer = (state = initialState, { type, payload }) => {
+  if (payload && payload.errors) {
+    return {
+      errors: payload.errors,
+    };
+  } else if (type === RESET_ERRORS) {
+    return {
+      errors: null,
+    };
+  }
+  return state;
+};
+
+export default reducer;
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.tests.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6adada62282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/errors500/reducer.tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import expect from 'expect';
+
+import reducer from './reducer';
+
+describe('Errors - reducer', () => {
+  it('Updates state with errors object when an action that has a payload with an errors object is dispatched', () => {
+    const payload = {
+      errors: {
+        base: "inserting pack: Error 1136: Column count doesn't match value count at row 1",
+        http_status: 500,
+      },
+    };
+    const packsCreateFailureAction = { type: 'packs_CREATE_FAILURE', payload };
+    const initialState = {
+      errors: null,
+    };
+    const newState = reducer(initialState, packsCreateFailureAction);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual({
+      errors: {
+        base: "inserting pack: Error 1136: Column count doesn't match value count at row 1",
+        http_status: 500,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Updates state by setting errors to null when the RESET_ERRORS action is dipatched', () => {
+    const errorsState = {
+      errors: {
+        base: "inserting pack: Error 1136: Column count doesn't match value count at row 1",
+        http_status: 500,
+      },
+    };
+    const newState = reducer(errorsState, { type: 'RESET_ERRORS' });
+    expect(newState).toEqual({
+      errors: null,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/redux/reducers.js b/frontend/redux/reducers.js
index 87426a618f1..fb4430031e2 100644
--- a/frontend/redux/reducers.js
+++ b/frontend/redux/reducers.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import app from './nodes/app/reducer';
 import auth from './nodes/auth/reducer';
 import components from './nodes/components/reducer';
 import entities from './nodes/entities/reducer';
+import errors500 from './nodes/errors500/reducer';
 import notifications from './nodes/notifications/reducer';
 import persistentFlash from './nodes/persistent_flash/reducer';
 import redirectLocation from './nodes/redirectLocation/reducer';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export default combineReducers({
   auth,
   components,
   entities,
+  errors500,
   loadingBar: loadingBarReducer,
   notifications,
   persistentFlash,