diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5d6790..45a7670 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@ node_modules
 .nyc_output
 dist
 npm-debug.log
-coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage
+.nycrc
+.npmignore
+.eslinstrc.js
+.DS_Store
+.prettierignore
+.prettierrc.json
+.sequelizerc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/services/plex/helpers.js b/server/services/plex/helpers.js
index 8f776bf..3aca2df 100644
--- a/server/services/plex/helpers.js
+++ b/server/services/plex/helpers.js
@@ -50,4 +50,14 @@ const request = async function(url) {
   });
 };
 
-export default {formatResponse, buildUrl, request};
+const handleError = (res, method) => err => {
+  console.log('Error in', method);
+  console.log(err);
+  const {code, message} = err.responseData || {
+    code: 500,
+    message: 'An unknown error occurred.',
+  };
+  res.status(code).json({message});
+};
+
+export default {formatResponse, buildUrl, request, handleError};
diff --git a/server/services/plex/index.js b/server/services/plex/index.js
index bd92816..2b2080b 100644
--- a/server/services/plex/index.js
+++ b/server/services/plex/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import plexApi from './plexApi';
 import importData from './importData';
 import auth from './auth';
+import helpers from './helpers';
 
 const getAuthToken = async (req, res) => {
   const {username} = req.query;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ const getUsers = async (req, res) => {
     const users = await plexApi.getUsers();
     res.json(users);
   } catch (error) {
-    res.json(error);
+    helpers.handleError(res, getUsers.name);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/server/services/plex/index.test.js b/test/server/services/plex/index.test.js
index 84d2d3f..35b12ee 100644
--- a/test/server/services/plex/index.test.js
+++ b/test/server/services/plex/index.test.js
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ describe('Library Data', () => {
         .request(app)
         .get('/api/users?X-Plex-Token')
         .end((err, res) => {
-          console.log('error-mike--', res);
           res.should.have.status(404);
+          console.log(res.body);
           done();
         });
     });