diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6 b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
index 4da50b7..63878ac 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/admin-plugins-explorer.js.es6
@@ -182,9 +182,13 @@ export default Ember.ArrayController.extend({
         }
 
         self.set('showResults', true);
-      }).catch(function(result) {
+      }).catch(function(err) {
         self.set('showResults', false);
-        self.set('results', result);
+        if (err.jqXHR && err.jqXHR.status === 422 && err.jqXHR.responseJSON) {
+          self.set('results', err.jqXHR.responseJSON);
+        } else {
+          popupAjaxError(err);
+        }
       }).finally(function() {
         self.set('loading', false);
       });
diff --git a/plugin.rb b/plugin.rb
index 5bb6c22..d01cf33 100644
--- a/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugin.rb
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ SQL
         render json: {
                  success: false,
                  errors: [err_msg]
-               }
+               }, status: 422
       else
         pg_result = result[:pg_result]
         cols = pg_result.fields