diff --git a/src/public/app/desktop.js b/src/public/app/desktop.js
index febb9a8f9..835624d35 100644
--- a/src/public/app/desktop.js
+++ b/src/public/app/desktop.js
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import electronContextMenu from "./menus/electron_context_menu.js";
 import glob from "./services/glob.js";
 import { t } from "./services/i18n.js";
 
+await appContext.earlyInit();
+
 bundleService.getWidgetBundlesByParent().then(async widgetBundles => {
-    await appContext.earlyInit();
-    
     // A dynamic import is required for layouts since they initialize components which require translations.
     const DesktopLayout = (await import("./layouts/desktop_layout.js")).default;
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/bundle.js b/src/public/app/services/bundle.js
index 72636e7e5..279d2d560 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/bundle.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/bundle.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import server from "./server.js";
 import toastService from "./toast.js";
 import froca from "./froca.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
+import { t } from "./i18n.js";
 
 async function getAndExecuteBundle(noteId, originEntity = null, script = null, params = null) {
     const bundle = await server.post(`script/bundle/${noteId}`, {
@@ -79,6 +80,18 @@ async function getWidgetBundlesByParent() {
             widgetsByParent.add(widget);
         }
         catch (e) {
+            const noteId = bundle.noteId;
+            const note = await froca.getNote(noteId);
+            toastService.showPersistent({
+                title: t("toast.bundle-error.title"),
+                icon: "alert",
+                message: t("toast.bundle-error.message", {
+                    id: noteId,
+                    title: note.title,
+                    message: e.message
+                })
+            });
+
             logError("Widget initialization failed: ", e);
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/public/translations/en/translation.json b/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
index 40891d333..984867d07 100644
--- a/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/src/public/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
       "title": "Failed to initialize a widget",
       "message-custom": "Custom widget from note with ID \"{{id}}\", titled \"{{title}}\" could not be initialized due to:\n\n{{message}}",
       "message-unknown": "Unknown widget could not be initialized due to:\n\n{{message}}"
+    },
+    "bundle-error": {
+      "title": "Failed to load a custom script",
+      "message": "Script from note with ID \"{{id}}\", titled \"{{title}}\" could not be executed due to:\n\n{{message}}"
     }
   },
   "add_link": {