diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 75e67b4..5063775 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import createError from "http-errors"
 import express from "express"
 import path from "path"
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url"
@@ -12,12 +11,14 @@ import createRouter from "./routes/create.js"
 import updateRouter from "./routes/update.js"
 import deleteRouter from "./routes/delete.js"
 import overwriteRouter from "./routes/overwrite.js"
+import { messenger } from './error-messenger.js'
 import cors from "cors"
 
 let app = express()
 
 app.use(logger('dev'))
 app.use(express.json())
+app.use(express.text())
 if(process.env.OPEN_API_CORS !== "false") { 
   // This enables CORS for all requests. We may want to update this in the future and only apply to some routes.
   app.use(
@@ -68,20 +69,7 @@ app.use('/app/update', updateRouter)
 app.use('/app/delete', deleteRouter)
 app.use('/app/overwrite', overwriteRouter)
 
-// catch 404 and forward to error handler
-app.use(function(req, res, next) {
-  next(createError(404))
-})
-
-// error handler
-app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
-  // set locals, only providing error in development
-  res.locals.message = err.message
-  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {}
-
-  // render the error page
-  res.status(err.status || 500)
-  res.send(err.message)
-})
+// RERUM error response handler, as well as unhandled generic app error handler
+app.use(messenger)
 
 export default app
diff --git a/error-messenger.js b/error-messenger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acaa354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/error-messenger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Errors from RERUM are a response code with a text body (except those handled specifically upstream)
+ * We want to send the same error code and message through.  It is assumed to be RESTful and useful.
+ * This will also handle generic (500) app level errors, as well as app level 404 errors.
+ *
+ * @param rerum_error_res A Fetch API Response object from a fetch() to RERUM that encountered an error.  Explanatory text is in .text().  In some cases it is a unhandled generic (500) app level Error.
+ * @param req The Express Request object from the request into TinyNode
+ * @param res The Express Response object to send out of TinyNode
+ * @param next The Express next() operator, unused here but required to support the middleware chain.
+ */
+export async function messenger(rerum_error_res, req, res, next) {
+    if (res.headersSent) {
+        return
+    }
+    let error = {}
+    let rerum_err_text
+    try {
+        // Unless already handled upstream the rerum_error_res is an error Response with details as a textual body.
+        rerum_err_text = await rerum_error_res.text()
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        // It is some 500
+        rerum_err_text = undefined
+    }
+    if (rerum_err_text) error.message = rerum_err_text
+    else { 
+        // Perhaps this is a more generic 500 from the app, perhaps involving RERUM, and there is no good rerum_error_res
+        error.message = rerum_error_res.statusMessage ?? rerum_error_res.message ?? `A server error has occured` 
+    }
+    error.status = rerum_error_res.statusCode ?? rerum_error_res.status ?? 500
+    console.error(error)
+    res.set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+    res.status(error.status).send(error.message)
+}
diff --git a/public/scripts/api.js b/public/scripts/api.js
index b16b25b..ce165f0 100644
--- a/public/scripts/api.js
+++ b/public/scripts/api.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function create(form) {
         JSON.parse(obj)
     } catch (error) {
         console.error("You did not provide valid JSON")
-        setMessage("You did not provide valid JSON")
+        _customEvent("rerum-error", "You did not provide valid JSON", {}, error)
         document.getElementById("obj-viewer").style.display = "none"
         return false
     }
diff --git a/routes/__tests__/create.test.js b/routes/__tests__/create.test.js
index 9b21d83..e928820 100644
--- a/routes/__tests__/create.test.js
+++ b/routes/__tests__/create.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
    */
   global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
     Promise.resolve({
-      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_uri, "test": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } })
+      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_uri, "test": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } }),
+      ok: true,
+      text: () => Promise.resolve("Descriptive Error Here")
     })
   )
 })
diff --git a/routes/__tests__/delete.test.js b/routes/__tests__/delete.test.js
index eeb6e11..f92d6b1 100644
--- a/routes/__tests__/delete.test.js
+++ b/routes/__tests__/delete.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ beforeEach(() => {
    */
   global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
     Promise.resolve({
-      text: () => Promise.resolve("")
+      text: () => Promise.resolve(""),
+      ok: true
     })
   )
 })
diff --git a/routes/__tests__/overwrite.test.js b/routes/__tests__/overwrite.test.js
index 225c280..6ee5ae4 100644
--- a/routes/__tests__/overwrite.test.js
+++ b/routes/__tests__/overwrite.test.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ const rerum_tiny_test_obj_id = `${process.env.RERUM_ID_PATTERN}tiny_tester`
 beforeEach(() => {
   global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
     Promise.resolve({
-      status: 200,
+      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_tiny_test_obj_id, "testing": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } }),
       ok: true,
-      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_tiny_test_obj_id, "testing": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } })
+      text: () => Promise.resolve("Descriptive Error Here")
     })
   )
 })
diff --git a/routes/__tests__/query.test.js b/routes/__tests__/query.test.js
index c7caed8..3b62cd4 100644
--- a/routes/__tests__/query.test.js
+++ b/routes/__tests__/query.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
    */
   global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
     Promise.resolve({
-      json: () => Promise.resolve([{ "@id": rerum_uri, "test": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } }])
+      json: () => Promise.resolve([{ "@id": rerum_uri, "test": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } }]),
+      ok: true,
+      text: () => Promise.resolve("Descriptive Error Here")
     })
   )
 })
diff --git a/routes/__tests__/update.test.js b/routes/__tests__/update.test.js
index 3385609..1ddc3fc 100644
--- a/routes/__tests__/update.test.js
+++ b/routes/__tests__/update.test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
    */
   global.fetch = jest.fn(() =>
     Promise.resolve({
-      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_uri_updated, "testing": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } })
+      json: () => Promise.resolve({ "@id": rerum_uri_updated, "testing": "item", "__rerum": { "stuff": "here" } }),
+      ok: true,
+      text: () => Promise.resolve("Descriptive Error Here")
     })
   )
 })
diff --git a/routes/create.js b/routes/create.js
index 6a2c7f2..23056f4 100644
--- a/routes/create.js
+++ b/routes/create.js
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ router.post('/', checkAccessToken, async (req, res, next) => {
       }
     }
     const createURL = `${process.env.RERUM_API_ADDR}create`
-    const result = await fetch(createURL, createOptions).then(res=>res.json())
-    .catch(err=>next(err))
+    let errored = false
+    const result = await fetch(createURL, createOptions).then(res=>{
+      if (res.ok) return res.json()
+      errored = true
+      return res
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
+    })
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(result)
     res.setHeader("Location", result["@id"] ?? result.id)
     res.status(201)
     res.json(result)
diff --git a/routes/delete.js b/routes/delete.js
index ea941ef..a3e80a1 100644
--- a/routes/delete.js
+++ b/routes/delete.js
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@ router.delete('/', checkAccessToken, async (req, res, next) => {
       }
     }
     const deleteURL = `${process.env.RERUM_API_ADDR}delete`
-    const result = await fetch(deleteURL, deleteOptions).then(res => res.text())
+    let errored = false
+    const result = await fetch(deleteURL, deleteOptions).then(res=>{
+      if (!res.ok) errored = true
+      return res.text()
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
+    })
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(results)
     res.status(204)
     res.send(result)
   }
@@ -44,8 +53,16 @@ router.delete('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
         'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
       }
     }
-    const result = await fetch(deleteURL, deleteOptions).then(res => res.text())
-    .catch(err=>next(err))
+    let errored = false
+    const result = await fetch(deleteURL, deleteOptions).then(res => {
+      if(!res.ok) errored = true
+      return res
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
+    })
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(results)
     res.status(204)
     res.send(result)
   }
diff --git a/routes/overwrite.js b/routes/overwrite.js
index 8c66600..b2bb6dd 100644
--- a/routes/overwrite.js
+++ b/routes/overwrite.js
@@ -37,26 +37,31 @@ router.put('/', checkAccessToken, async (req, res, next) => {
     }
 
     const overwriteURL = `${process.env.RERUM_API_ADDR}overwrite`
+    let errored = false
     const response = await fetch(overwriteURL, overwriteOptions)
-    .then(resp=>{
-      if (!resp.ok) throw resp
-      return resp
-    })
-    .catch(async err => {
-      // Handle 409 conflict error for version mismatch
-      if (err.status === 409) {
-        const currentVersion = await err.json()
-        return res.status(409).json(currentVersion)
+    .then(async rerum_res=>{
+      if (rerum_res.ok) return rerum_res.json()
+      errored = true
+      if (rerum_res.headers.get("Content-Type").includes("json")) {
+        // Special handling.  This does not go through to error-messenger.js
+        if (rerum_res.status === 409) {
+          const currentVersion = await rerum_res.json()
+          return res.status(409).json(currentVersion)
+        }
       }
-      throw new Error(`Error in overwrite request: ${err.status} ${err.statusText}`)
+      return rerum_res
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
     })
-    if(res.headersSent) return
-    const result = await response.json()
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(response)
+    const result = response
     const location = result?.["@id"] ?? result?.id
     if (location) {
       res.setHeader("Location", location)
     }
-    res.status(response.status ?? 200)
+    res.status(200)
     res.json(result)
   }
   catch (err) {
diff --git a/routes/query.js b/routes/query.js
index a147cc3..4b06a82 100644
--- a/routes/query.js
+++ b/routes/query.js
@@ -25,8 +25,17 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res, next) => {
       }
     }
     const queryURL = `${process.env.RERUM_API_ADDR}query?limit=${lim}&skip=${skip}`
-    const results = await fetch(queryURL, queryOptions).then(res=>res.json())
-    .catch(err=>next(err))
+    let errored = false
+    const results = await fetch(queryURL, queryOptions).then(res=>{
+      if (res.ok) return res.json()
+      errored = true
+      return res
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
+    })
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(results)
     res.status(200)
     res.send(results)
   }
diff --git a/routes/update.js b/routes/update.js
index 391b3ce..b5ca5d5 100644
--- a/routes/update.js
+++ b/routes/update.js
@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ router.put('/', checkAccessToken, async (req, res, next) => {
       }
     }
     const updateURL = `${process.env.RERUM_API_ADDR}update`
-    const result = await fetch(updateURL, updateOptions).then(res=>res.json())
-    .catch(err=>next(err))
+    let errored = false
+    const result = await fetch(updateURL, updateOptions).then(res=>{
+      if (res.ok) return res.json()
+      errored = true
+      return res
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      throw err
+    })
+    // Send RERUM error responses to error-messenger.js
+    if (errored) return next(result)
     res.setHeader("Location", result["@id"] ?? result.id)
     res.status(200)
     res.send(result)