diff --git a/src/components/Article.vue b/src/components/Article.vue
index fe7e21fed3b44f3f69897000af8a8c414bb1ded9..0da7cdec8647ef03d3535f4a64372a9b27521c67 100644
--- a/src/components/Article.vue
+++ b/src/components/Article.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <article class='v-sheet v-card rounded-xl' v-bind:class="{'collapsable': collapsable, 'collapsed': collapsed}" v-if="article">
+    <div v-if="!invalid">
     <Header :title_id="title_id" :lemmas="article.lemmas" :dictionary="dictionary" :article_id="article.article_id" @toggle-collapse = "toggle_collapse"/>
     <InflectionButton :lemmas="article.lemmas" :dictionary="dictionary" :article_id="article.article_id"/>
     
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
       </section>
     </div>
     <ArticleFooter v-if="!collapsed" :article="article"/>
+    </div>
+    <div v-else><v-icon left>warning</v-icon> {{$t('error.article', {no: article.article_id, dict: $t('dicts_inline.'+this.dictionary)})}}</div>
 </article>
 </template>
 
@@ -81,7 +84,8 @@ export default {
   },
   data: function() {
     return {
-      is_collapsed: true
+      is_collapsed: true,
+      invalid: false
     }
   },
   metaInfo() {
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ export default {
       }
       } catch(error) {
         console.error("link_to_self",this.article.article_id, this.dictionary, error.message)
+        this.invalid = true
         //console.error(error)
         return {ref: "", article: this.article}
       }
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ export default {
       })
       } catch(error) {
         console.error("parse_definitions",this.article.article_id, this.dictionary, error.message)
+        this.invalid = true
         //console.error(error)
         definitionTexts = []
       }
diff --git a/src/components/Header.vue b/src/components/Header.vue
index 895ee4bd17ea95d6d60b808ffacc81829adec25d..c6ef8386c066cfc01446df52b2e8655a93e68ca5 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.vue
+++ b/src/components/Header.vue
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ export default {
         }
     } catch(error) {
       console.error("lemma_groups",this.article_id, this.dictionary, error.message)
+      this.$parent.invalid = true
       //console.error(error)
     }
       return groups
diff --git a/src/locales/eng.json b/src/locales/eng.json
index 51c748fa052b86df47f1fefba910e78e0814439c..3af2b376ce08a7fb872b21a4be77307a402ef00f 100644
--- a/src/locales/eng.json
+++ b/src/locales/eng.json
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
   }
 },
 "error": {
+      "article": "An error has occured in article {no} in {dict}",
       "404": {
           "title": "404: Not Found",
           "description": "The page may have been deleted or moved, or you may have used an invalid link."
diff --git a/src/locales/nno.json b/src/locales/nno.json
index 12a5a882ecec2b2b8d3c16f34ab2aba99dfa95b9..7d99aed9674ab9a53824fc37c8e5cc13fc949702 100644
--- a/src/locales/nno.json
+++ b/src/locales/nno.json
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
         }
     },
     "error": {
+          "article": "Det har oppstått ein feil i artikkel {no} i {dict}",
           "404": {
               "title": "404: Ikkje funne",
               "description": "Sida kan ha blitt sletta eller flytta, eller du kan ha brukt ei ugyldig lenkje."
diff --git a/src/locales/nob.json b/src/locales/nob.json
index 1a21ad69332c0dfdf3eed90744e61928d83d35f0..68cae7c1776fad6ef9fbf47116e072a23a390c28 100644
--- a/src/locales/nob.json
+++ b/src/locales/nob.json
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
       }
   },
   "error": {
+        "article": "Det har oppstått en feil i artikkel {no} i {dict}",
         "404": {
             "title": "404: Ikke funnet",
             "description": "Siden kan ha blitt slettet eller flyttet, eller du kan ha brukt en ugyldig lenke."