diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/ui/image/TextDrawable.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/ui/image/TextDrawable.kt
index a31c80f3d..544782880 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/ui/image/TextDrawable.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/core/ui/image/TextDrawable.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.ui.image
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint
+import android.content.Context
 import android.content.res.ColorStateList
 import android.graphics.Canvas
 import android.graphics.Color
@@ -8,8 +10,11 @@ import android.graphics.PointF
 import android.graphics.Rect
 import android.os.Build
 import android.widget.TextView
+import androidx.annotation.AttrRes
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import androidx.core.graphics.PaintCompat
+import com.google.android.material.resources.TextAppearance
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.util.ext.getThemeResId
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.util.ext.hasFocusStateSpecified
 
 class TextDrawable(
@@ -71,6 +76,17 @@ class TextDrawable(
 
 	companion object {
 
+		@SuppressLint("RestrictedApi")
+		fun create(context: Context, text: String, @AttrRes textAppearanceAttr: Int): TextDrawable {
+			val drawable = TextDrawable(text)
+			val textAppearance = TextAppearance(context, context.getThemeResId(textAppearanceAttr, androidx.appcompat.R.style.TextAppearance_AppCompat))
+			drawable.textSize = textAppearance.textSize
+			drawable.textColor = textAppearance.textColor ?: drawable.textColor
+			drawable.paint.typeface = textAppearance.getFont(context)
+			drawable.paint.letterSpacing = textAppearance.letterSpacing
+			return drawable
+		}
+
 		fun compound(textView: TextView, text: String): TextDrawable? {
 			val drawable = TextDrawable(text)
 			drawable.textSize = textView.textSize
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/image/ui/CoverImageView.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/image/ui/CoverImageView.kt
index efafc18f0..4bcebba0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/image/ui/CoverImageView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/image/ui/CoverImageView.kt
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
 package org.koitharu.kotatsu.image.ui
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Build
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.view.ViewTreeObserver
 import android.view.ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
 import androidx.annotation.AttrRes
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import androidx.core.content.withStyledAttributes
 import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils
 import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.toDrawable
+import coil3.network.HttpException
+import coil3.request.ErrorResult
+import coil3.request.ImageRequest
+import coil3.request.SuccessResult
 import coil3.request.transformations
 import coil3.size.Dimension
 import coil3.size.Size
 import coil3.size.ViewSizeResolver
 import kotlinx.coroutines.suspendCancellableCoroutine
+import okio.FileNotFoundException
+import org.jsoup.HttpStatusException
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.R
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.bookmarks.domain.Bookmark
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.image.CoilImageView
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.ui.image.AnimatedPlaceholderDrawable
+import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.ui.image.TextDrawable
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.ui.image.TrimTransformation
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.util.ext.bookmarkExtra
 import org.koitharu.kotatsu.core.util.ext.decodeRegion
@@ -66,6 +75,9 @@ class CoverImageView @JvmOverloads constructor(
 		if (fallbackDrawable == null) {
 			fallbackDrawable = context.getThemeColor(materialR.attr.colorSurfaceContainer).toDrawable()
 		}
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
+			addImageRequestListener(ErrorForegroundListener())
+		}
 	}
 
 	override fun onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: Int, heightMeasureSpec: Int) {
@@ -149,6 +161,39 @@ class CoverImageView @JvmOverloads constructor(
 		}
 	}
 
+	@RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
+	private inner class ErrorForegroundListener : ImageRequest.Listener {
+
+		override fun onSuccess(request: ImageRequest, result: SuccessResult) {
+			super.onSuccess(request, result)
+			foreground = null
+		}
+
+		override fun onCancel(request: ImageRequest) {
+			super.onCancel(request)
+			foreground = null
+		}
+
+		override fun onStart(request: ImageRequest) {
+			super.onStart(request)
+			foreground = null
+		}
+
+		override fun onError(request: ImageRequest, result: ErrorResult) {
+			super.onError(request, result)
+			foreground = result.throwable.getShortMessage()?.let { text ->
+				TextDrawable.create(context, text, materialR.attr.textAppearanceTitleSmall)
+			}
+		}
+
+		private fun Throwable.getShortMessage(): String? = when (this) {
+			is HttpException -> response.code.toString()
+			is HttpStatusException -> statusCode.toString()
+			is FileNotFoundException -> "404"
+			else -> cause?.getShortMessage()
+		}
+	}
+
 	private class CoverSizeResolver(
 		override val view: CoverImageView,
 	) : ViewSizeResolver<CoverImageView> {