diff --git a/pubsubman/src/app.rs b/pubsubman/src/app.rs
index 57fdca6..3f60060 100644
--- a/pubsubman/src/app.rs
+++ b/pubsubman/src/app.rs
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ impl App {
 
                     self.exit_state.subscription_cleanup_state = SubscriptionCleanupState::Complete;
                 }
+                BackendMessage::Error(_) => {}
             },
-            Err(_err) => {} //println!("{:?}", err),
+            Err(_err) => {}
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/pubsubman_backend/src/lib.rs b/pubsubman_backend/src/lib.rs
index b75dee9..6ef4b84 100644
--- a/pubsubman_backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pubsubman_backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use google_cloud_pubsub::{
     client::{Client, ClientConfig},
     subscription::SubscriptionConfig,
 };
-use message::{BackendMessage, FrontendMessage};
+use message::{BackendError, BackendMessage, FrontendMessage};
 use model::{PubsubMessageToPublish, SubscriptionName, TopicName};
 use tokio::{
     runtime::{Builder, Runtime},
@@ -78,18 +78,15 @@ impl Backend {
         let client = self.client.clone();
 
         self.rt.spawn(async move {
-            let topics = client
+            let message = client
                 .get_topics(None)
                 .await
-                .unwrap()
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(TopicName)
-                .collect();
+                .map(|topics| {
+                    BackendMessage::TopicsUpdated(topics.into_iter().map(TopicName).collect())
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| BackendMessage::Error(BackendError::GetTopicsFailed));
 
-            back_tx
-                .send(BackendMessage::TopicsUpdated(topics))
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
+            back_tx.send(message).await.unwrap();
         });
     }
 
@@ -98,25 +95,23 @@ impl Backend {
         let client = self.client.clone();
 
         self.rt.spawn(async move {
-            let sub_name = format!("pubsubman-subscription-{}", Uuid::new_v4());
-
-            let subscription = client
+            let message = match client
                 .create_subscription(
-                    &sub_name,
+                    &format!("pubsubman-subscription-{}", Uuid::new_v4()),
                     &topic_name.0,
                     SubscriptionConfig::default(),
                     None,
                 )
                 .await
-                .unwrap();
+            {
+                Ok(subscription) => {
+                    let fq_sub_name = subscription.fully_qualified_name().to_owned();
+                    BackendMessage::SubscriptionCreated(topic_name, SubscriptionName(fq_sub_name))
+                }
+                Err(_) => BackendMessage::Error(BackendError::CreateSubscriptionFailed(topic_name)),
+            };
 
-            back_tx
-                .send(BackendMessage::SubscriptionCreated(
-                    topic_name,
-                    SubscriptionName(subscription.fully_qualified_name().to_owned()),
-                ))
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
+            back_tx.send(message).await.unwrap();
         });
     }
 
@@ -158,19 +153,27 @@ impl Backend {
             let subscription = client.subscription(&sub_name.0);
 
             let pull_messages_future = async move {
-                let mut stream = subscription.subscribe(None).await.unwrap();
-
-                while let Some(message) = stream.next().await {
-                    let _ = message.ack().await;
-
-                    back_tx
-                        .send(BackendMessage::MessageReceived(
-                            topic_name.clone(),
-                            message.into(),
-                        ))
+                match subscription.subscribe(None).await {
+                    Ok(mut stream) => {
+                        while let Some(message) = stream.next().await {
+                            let _ = message.ack().await;
+
+                            back_tx
+                                .send(BackendMessage::MessageReceived(
+                                    topic_name.clone(),
+                                    message.into(),
+                                ))
+                                .await
+                                .unwrap();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => back_tx
+                        .send(BackendMessage::Error(BackendError::StreamMessagesFailed(
+                            topic_name, sub_name,
+                        )))
                         .await
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
+                        .unwrap(),
+                };
             };
 
             select! {
@@ -181,13 +184,22 @@ impl Backend {
     }
 
     fn publish_message(&self, topic_name: TopicName, message: PubsubMessageToPublish) {
+        let back_tx = self.back_tx.clone();
         let client = self.client.clone();
 
         self.rt.spawn(async move {
             let topic = client.topic(&topic_name.0);
             let publisher = topic.new_publisher(None);
             let awaiter = publisher.publish(message.into()).await;
-            awaiter.get().await
+
+            if let Err(_) = awaiter.get().await {
+                back_tx
+                    .send(BackendMessage::Error(BackendError::PublishMessageFailed(
+                        topic_name,
+                    )))
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap()
+            }
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/pubsubman_backend/src/message.rs b/pubsubman_backend/src/message.rs
index cfa595d..c72dde1 100644
--- a/pubsubman_backend/src/message.rs
+++ b/pubsubman_backend/src/message.rs
@@ -17,4 +17,13 @@ pub enum BackendMessage {
     SubscriptionCreated(TopicName, SubscriptionName),
     MessageReceived(TopicName, PubsubMessage),
     SubscriptionsDeleted(Vec<Result<SubscriptionName, SubscriptionName>>),
+    Error(BackendError),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum BackendError {
+    GetTopicsFailed,
+    CreateSubscriptionFailed(TopicName),
+    StreamMessagesFailed(TopicName, SubscriptionName),
+    PublishMessageFailed(TopicName),
 }