diff --git a/src/annotations/components/annotationForm/AnnotationForm.tsx b/src/annotations/components/annotationForm/AnnotationForm.tsx
index 2b6fe207c6..ae1df2de08 100644
--- a/src/annotations/components/annotationForm/AnnotationForm.tsx
+++ b/src/annotations/components/annotationForm/AnnotationForm.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export const AnnotationForm: FC<Props> = (props: Props) => {
     }
 
     try {
-      dispatch(deleteAnnotations(editedAnnotation))
+      await dispatch(deleteAnnotations(editedAnnotation))
       event(`annotations.delete_annotation.success`, {
         prefix: props.eventPrefix,
       })
diff --git a/src/flows/context/flow.list.tsx b/src/flows/context/flow.list.tsx
index 802334f7d3..f9b54f4e7a 100644
--- a/src/flows/context/flow.list.tsx
+++ b/src/flows/context/flow.list.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 } from 'src/shared/copy/notifications'
 import {setCloneName} from 'src/utils/naming'
 import {CLOUD} from 'src/shared/constants'
+import {getErrorMessage} from 'src/utils/api'
 
 export interface FlowListContextType extends FlowList {
   add: (flow?: Flow) => Promise<string | void>
@@ -238,8 +239,8 @@ export const FlowListProvider: FC = ({children}) => {
 
         return flow.id
       })
-      .catch(() => {
-        dispatch(notify(notebookCreateFail()))
+      .catch(err => {
+        dispatch(notify(notebookCreateFail(getErrorMessage(err))))
       })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/copy/notifications/categories/notebooks.ts b/src/shared/copy/notifications/categories/notebooks.ts
index c98b8c684b..45389a97b4 100644
--- a/src/shared/copy/notifications/categories/notebooks.ts
+++ b/src/shared/copy/notifications/categories/notebooks.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export const panelCopyLinkFail = (): Notification => ({
   message: `Failed to copy the panel link`,
 })
 
-export const notebookCreateFail = (): Notification => ({
+export const notebookCreateFail = (error: string): Notification => ({
   ...defaultErrorNotification,
-  message: `Failed to create Notebook, please try again.`,
+  message: `Failed to create Notebook, please try again: ${error}`,
 })
 
 export const notebookUpdateFail = (): Notification => ({