diff --git a/app/components/HoverPreview/HoverPreview.tsx b/app/components/HoverPreview/HoverPreview.tsx
index da68fed4c..94224e900 100644
--- a/app/components/HoverPreview/HoverPreview.tsx
+++ b/app/components/HoverPreview/HoverPreview.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ element, onClose }: Props) {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const card = cardRef.current;
 
-    if (data) {
+    if (data && !data.error) {
       startOpenTimer();
 
       if (card) {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ element, onClose }: Props) {
     return <LoadingIndicator />;
   }
 
-  if (!data) {
+  if (!data || data.error) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/server/presenters/unfurls/unfurl.ts b/server/presenters/unfurls/unfurl.ts
index 6d8e6d654..8e8c3f3f7 100644
--- a/server/presenters/unfurls/unfurl.ts
+++ b/server/presenters/unfurls/unfurl.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-import { Unfurl } from "@shared/types";
+import { IframelyErrorResponse, Unfurl } from "@shared/types";
 
-function presentUnfurl(data: any): Unfurl {
-  return {
-    url: data.url,
-    type: data.type,
-    title: data.title,
-    description: data.description,
-    thumbnailUrl: data.thumbnail_url,
-    meta: data.meta,
-  };
+function presentUnfurl(data: any): Unfurl | IframelyErrorResponse {
+  return !data.error
+    ? {
+        url: data.url,
+        type: data.type,
+        title: data.title,
+        description: data.description,
+        thumbnailUrl: data.thumbnail_url,
+        meta: data.meta,
+      }
+    : {
+        status: data.status,
+        error: data.error,
+      };
 }
 
 export default presentUnfurl;
diff --git a/server/routes/api/urls/urls.ts b/server/routes/api/urls/urls.ts
index 37f57d4b4..9e90112e4 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/urls/urls.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/urls/urls.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ router.post(
     }
 
     const data = await Iframely.unfurl(url);
+    if (data.error) {
+      ctx.response.status = data.status;
+    }
     ctx.body = presentUnfurl(data);
   }
 );
diff --git a/shared/types.ts b/shared/types.ts
index a01325862..3968277e7 100644
--- a/shared/types.ts
+++ b/shared/types.ts
@@ -225,5 +225,10 @@ export type Unfurl<T = OEmbedType> = {
   meta?: Record<string, string>;
 };
 
+export type IframelyErrorResponse = {
+  status: number;
+  error: string;
+};
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export type ProsemirrorData = Record<string, any>;