diff --git a/js/ajax.js b/js/ajax.js
index 1b2bf2c0..56f0df5c 100644
--- a/js/ajax.js
+++ b/js/ajax.js
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ $(window).ready(function() {
 					}
 				},
 				error: function(xhr, status, er) {
-					alert(_('The server returned an error or truncated response -- your post was probably still submitted. If it wasn\'t, 8chan.co might be experiencing issues right now -- please try your post again later.'));
+					console.log(xhr);
+					alert(_('The server took too long to submit your post. Your post was probably still submitted. If it wasn\'t, we might be experiencing issues right now -- please try your post again later. Error information: ') + "<div><textarea>" + JSON.stringify(xhr) + "</textarea></div>");
+					$(form).find('input[type="submit"]').val(submit_txt);
+					$(form).find('input[type="submit"]').removeAttr('disabled');
 				},
 				data: formData,
 				cache: false,