diff --git a/components/common/ErrorMessage.js b/components/common/ErrorMessage.js
index 5747f226..b8b0b2ad 100644
--- a/components/common/ErrorMessage.js
+++ b/components/common/ErrorMessage.js
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 import Icon from './Icon';
 import Exclamation from 'assets/exclamation-triangle.svg';
 import styles from './ErrorMessage.module.css';
 
-export default function ErrorMessage() {
+const DEFAULT_ID = 'message.failure';
+const DEFAULT_MESSAGE = 'Something went wrong';
+
+function ErrorMessage({ error }) {
+  const [id, defaultMessage] =
+    typeof error === 'string' ? error.split('\t') : [DEFAULT_ID, DEFAULT_MESSAGE];
+
   return (
     <div className={styles.error}>
       <Icon icon={<Exclamation />} className={styles.icon} size="large" />
-      <FormattedMessage id="message.failure" defaultMessage="Something went wrong." />
+      <FormattedMessage id={id} defaultMessage={defaultMessage} />
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+ErrorMessage.propTypes = {
+  error: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.instanceOf(Error)]),
+};
+
+export default ErrorMessage;