diff --git a/lemmy-translations b/lemmy-translations
index 6dd3968a..4c122b5b 160000
--- a/lemmy-translations
+++ b/lemmy-translations
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6dd3968a5e2da60884fe783a90e366bae7a96cc2
+Subproject commit 4c122b5bed79e291957b9d913dd361a75b583271
diff --git a/src/shared/components/navbar.tsx b/src/shared/components/navbar.tsx
index 6870c172..0af55ddc 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ export class Navbar extends Component<NavbarProps, NavbarState> {
   componentDidMount() {
     // Subscribe to jwt changes
     if (isBrowser()) {
+      this.websocketEvents();
+
       this.searchTextField = createRef();
       console.log(`isLoggedIn = ${this.state.isLoggedIn}`);
 
@@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ export class Navbar extends Component<NavbarProps, NavbarState> {
       }
       return;
     } else if (msg.reconnect) {
+      toast(i18n.t("websocket_reconnected"), "success");
       WebSocketService.Instance.send(
         wsClient.userJoin({
           auth: authField(),
@@ -530,11 +533,19 @@ export class Navbar extends Component<NavbarProps, NavbarState> {
   }
 
   get canCreateCommunity(): boolean {
-    let adminOnly = this.props.site_res.site_view?.site
-      .community_creation_admin_only;
+    let adminOnly =
+      this.props.site_res.site_view?.site.community_creation_admin_only;
     return !adminOnly || this.canAdmin;
   }
 
+  /// Listens for some websocket errors
+  websocketEvents() {
+    let msg = i18n.t("websocket_disconnected");
+    WebSocketService.Instance.closeEventListener(() => {
+      toast(msg, "danger");
+    });
+  }
+
   requestNotificationPermission() {
     if (UserService.Instance.localUserView) {
       document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
diff --git a/src/shared/services/WebSocketService.ts b/src/shared/services/WebSocketService.ts
index 4c91d405..3cb37486 100644
--- a/src/shared/services/WebSocketService.ts
+++ b/src/shared/services/WebSocketService.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export class WebSocketService {
     this.ws.send(data);
   }
 
+  public closeEventListener(listener: (event: CloseEvent) => void) {
+    this.ws.addEventListener("close", listener);
+  }
+
   public static get Instance() {
     return this._instance || (this._instance = new this());
   }