diff --git a/client/src/pages/actions/actionsOpenalexFeedback.jsx b/client/src/pages/actions/actionsOpenalexFeedback.jsx
index 2b0b21fb..9f324976 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/actions/actionsOpenalexFeedback.jsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/actions/actionsOpenalexFeedback.jsx
@@ -14,20 +14,30 @@ export default function ActionsOpenalexFeedback({ allOpenalexCorrections }) {
   const [validEmail, setValidEmail] = useState(null);
   const { toast } = useToast();
 
-  const openModal = () => {
+  const switchModal = () => {
     setIsModalOpen((prev) => !prev);
   };
 
-  const feedback = () => {
-    sendGitHubIssue({ data: allOpenalexCorrections, email: userEmail });
-    toast({
-      description: `${allOpenalexCorrections.length} correction(s) to OpenAlex have been saved - 
-        see <a href="https://github.com/dataesr/openalex-affiliations/issues" target="_blank">https://github.com/dataesr/openalex-affiliations/issues</a>`,
-      id: 'saveOpenAlex',
-      title: 'OpenAlex corrections sent',
-      toastType: 'success',
-    });
-    openModal();
+  const feedback = async () => {
+    try {
+      await sendGitHubIssue({ data: allOpenalexCorrections, email: userEmail });
+      toast({
+        description: `${allOpenalexCorrections.length} correction(s) to OpenAlex have been saved - 
+          see <a href="https://github.com/dataesr/openalex-affiliations/issues" target="_blank">https://github.com/dataesr/openalex-affiliations/issues</a>`,
+        id: 'saveOpenAlex',
+        title: 'OpenAlex corrections sent',
+        toastType: 'success',
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      toast({
+        description: error.message,
+        id: 'errorOpenAlex',
+        title: 'Error while sending OpenAlex corrections',
+        toastType: 'error',
+      });
+    } finally {
+      switchModal();
+    }
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -41,12 +51,12 @@ export default function ActionsOpenalexFeedback({ allOpenalexCorrections }) {
     <>
       <Button
         disabled={!allOpenalexCorrections.length > 0}
-        onClick={openModal}
+        onClick={switchModal}
         size="sm"
       >
         Send feedback to OpenAlex
       </Button>
-      <Modal isOpen={isModalOpen} hide={openModal}>
+      <Modal isOpen={isModalOpen} hide={switchModal}>
         <ModalTitle>
           Improve OpenAlex data
         </ModalTitle>
diff --git a/client/src/utils/github.jsx b/client/src/utils/github.jsx
index e0f32b9b..44643148 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/github.jsx
+++ b/client/src/utils/github.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const sendGitHubIssue = async (data) => {
     headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
   }).then((response) => {
     if (response.ok) return response.json();
-    return 'Oops... GitHub request error';
+    throw new Error(response.statusText);
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/client/src/utils/templates.jsx b/client/src/utils/templates.jsx
index 838e9bca..927bcccf 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/templates.jsx
+++ b/client/src/utils/templates.jsx
@@ -142,13 +142,6 @@ const nameTemplate = (rowData) => <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: rowDa
 
 const statusTemplate = (rowData) => <Badge variant={status[rowData?.status ?? rowData]?.badgeType}>{status[rowData?.status ?? rowData]?.label}</Badge>;
 
-const resetCorrection = (rowData, allAffiliations) => {
-  console.log('ttt', rowData);
-  const row = { rowData };
-  row.rowData.hasCorrection = false;
-  row.rowData.rorsToCorrect = rowData.rors.map((e) => e.rorId).join(';');
-};
-
 const hasCorrectionTemplate = (rowData) => (rowData?.hasCorrection
   ? (
     <Badge variant={correction.corrected.badgeType}>{correction.corrected.label}</Badge>
diff --git a/server/src/routes/github.routes.js b/server/src/routes/github.routes.js
index 8d725c16..6b3b4006 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/github.routes.js
+++ b/server/src/routes/github.routes.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const createIssue = (issue, email) => {
         );
       },
       onSecondaryRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
-        // Retry 3 times after hitting a rate limit error, then give up
+        // Retry 5 times after hitting a rate limit error after 60 seconds
         if (options.request.retryCount <= 5) {
           return true;
         }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const createIssue = (issue, email) => {
   }
   body += `works_examples: ${workIds}\n`;
   body += `contact: ${encrypt(email.split('@')[0])} @ ${email.split('@')[1]}\n`;
-  octokit.rest.issues.create({
+  return octokit.rest.issues.create({
     body,
     owner: 'dataesr',
     repo: 'openalex-affiliations',
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ router.route('/github-issue')
   .post(async (req, res) => {
     const data = req.body?.data || [];
     const email = req.body?.email || '';
-    const promises = data.map((item) => createIssue(item, email));
-    await Promise.all(promises);
-    res.status(200).json({ message: 'GitHub Issues created' });
+    const promises = data.map((item) => createIssue(item, email).catch((error) => error));
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    const firstError = results.find((result) => !result.status.toString().startsWith('2'));
+    res.status(firstError?.status ?? 200).json({ message: firstError?.message ?? 'GitHub issues created' });
   });
 
 export default router;