diff --git a/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Invalid/Invalid.tsx b/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Invalid/Invalid.tsx
index 757bdf02..e1978ade 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Invalid/Invalid.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Invalid/Invalid.tsx
@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ export const Invalid: React.FC<Props> = ({
 
   const unknownError = (
     <>
-      <ListItemText>
-        We were unable to parse the validation failure for this fusion:
-      </ListItemText>
-      <blockquote>{validationErrors}</blockquote>
+      {validationErrors.map((error) => (
+        <blockquote>{error}</blockquote>
+      ))}
     </>
   );
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Main/Summary.tsx b/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Main/Summary.tsx
index 14b0605e..976938ea 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Main/Summary.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Pages/Summary/Main/Summary.tsx
@@ -104,13 +104,7 @@ export const Summary: React.FC<Props> = ({ setVisibleTab }) => {
     // make request
     validateFusion(formattedFusion).then((response) => {
       if (response.warnings && response.warnings?.length > 0) {
-        if (
-          validationErrors !== null &&
-          JSON.stringify(response.warnings.sort()) !==
-            JSON.stringify(validationErrors.sort())
-        ) {
-          setValidationErrors(response.warnings);
-        }
+        setValidationErrors(response.warnings);
       } else {
         setValidationErrors([]);
         setValidatedFusion(
diff --git a/server/src/curfu/routers/validate.py b/server/src/curfu/routers/validate.py
index 8ee72c54..38a85fec 100644
--- a/server/src/curfu/routers/validate.py
+++ b/server/src/curfu/routers/validate.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def validate_fusion(request: Request, fusion: dict = Body()) -> ResponseDict:
     try:
         verified_fusion = fusor.fusion(**fusion)
     except FUSORParametersException as e:
-        response["warnings"] = [str(e)]
+        response["warnings"] = str(e).split("\n")
     else:
         response["fusion"] = verified_fusion
     return response