diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index 43a59bd..394d976 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/tls_socket.js" $OUT_FILE
 sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/websocket.js" $OUT_FILE
 sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/ws_polyfill.js" $OUT_FILE
 sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/util.js" $OUT_FILE
+sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/logger.js" $OUT_FILE
 
 #apply patches
 python3 tools/patch_js.py $FRAGMENTS_DIR $OUT_FILE
diff --git a/client/exported_funcs.txt b/client/exported_funcs.txt
index d1b4b83..f925f95 100644
--- a/client/exported_funcs.txt
+++ b/client/exported_funcs.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ active_requests
 
 get_version
 get_cacert
+get_error_str
 
 recv_from_websocket
 send_to_websocket
diff --git a/client/javascript/main.js b/client/javascript/main.js
index 8af171c..a2da526 100644
--- a/client/javascript/main.js
+++ b/client/javascript/main.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ function perform_request(url, params, js_data_callback, js_end_callback, body=nu
     _free(url_ptr);
     _free(response_json_ptr);
     
-    if (error != 0) console.error("request failed with error code " + error);
     active_requests --;
     js_end_callback(error, response_info);
   }
@@ -172,7 +171,9 @@ function perform_request_async(url, params, body) {
     
     let finish_callback = (error, response_info) => {
       if (error != 0) {
-        reject("libcurl.js encountered an error: " + error);
+        let error_str = `Request failed with error code ${error}: ${get_error_str(error)}`;
+        if (error != 0) error_msg(error_str);
+        reject(error_str);
         return;
       }
       let response_data = merge_arrays(chunks);
diff --git a/client/javascript/tls_socket.js b/client/javascript/tls_socket.js
index 62b378c..7db9d3f 100644
--- a/client/javascript/tls_socket.js
+++ b/client/javascript/tls_socket.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 //currently broken
 
-class TLSSocket extends CustomWebSocket {
+class TLSSocket {
   constructor(hostname, port, debug) {
-    super();
     this.hostname = hostname;
     this.port = port;
     this.url = `https://${hostname}:${port}`;
diff --git a/client/javascript/util.js b/client/javascript/util.js
index bff95e7..f5db34a 100644
--- a/client/javascript/util.js
+++ b/client/javascript/util.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ function allocate_array(array) {
   return allocate(array, ALLOC_NORMAL);
 }
 
+function get_error_str(error_code) {
+  let error_ptr = _get_error_str(error_code);
+  return UTF8ToString(error_ptr);
+}
+
 //convert any data to a uint8array
 async function data_to_array(data) {
   let data_array = null;
diff --git a/client/javascript/websocket.js b/client/javascript/websocket.js
index 08746c7..d6791aa 100644
--- a/client/javascript/websocket.js
+++ b/client/javascript/websocket.js
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class CurlWebSocket {
       _free(data_ptr);
       _free(result_ptr);
     }
-    console.log(result_code);
 
     if (result_code === 0) { //CURLE_OK - data received 
       if (_get_result_closed(result_ptr)) {
@@ -72,8 +71,6 @@ class CurlWebSocket {
       let data_size = _get_result_size(result_ptr);
       let data_heap = Module.HEAPU8.subarray(data_ptr, data_ptr + data_size);
       let data = new Uint8Array(data_heap);
-
-      console.log(data, data_size, buffer_size, _get_result_bytes_left(result_ptr));
       
       this.recv_buffer.push(data);
       if (data_size !== buffer_size && !_get_result_bytes_left(result_ptr)) { //message finished
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ class CurlWebSocket {
         }
       }
     }
-    
+
     //CURLE_GOT_NOTHING, CURLE_RECV_ERROR, CURLE_SEND_ERROR - socket closed
     else if (result_code === 52 || result_code === 55 || result_code === 56) {
       this.cleanup();
diff --git a/client/javascript/ws_polyfill.js b/client/javascript/ws_polyfill.js
index c3c64b4..54074bb 100644
--- a/client/javascript/ws_polyfill.js
+++ b/client/javascript/ws_polyfill.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class FakeWebSocket extends EventTarget {
 
     this.socket.onerror = (error) => {
       this.status = this.CLOSED;
-      console.error(`websocket ${this.url} encountered an error (${error})`);
+      error_msg(`websocket ${this.url} encountered an error (${error})`);
       let error_event = new Event("error");
       this.dispatchEvent(error_event);
       this.onerror(error_event);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class FakeWebSocket extends EventTarget {
           throw "invalid binaryType string";
         }
       }
-      
+
       let msg_event = new MessageEvent("message", {data: converted});
       this.onmessage(msg_event);
       this.dispatchEvent(msg_event);
diff --git a/client/libcurl/util.c b/client/libcurl/util.c
index 170d3ce..3aadde4 100644
--- a/client/libcurl/util.c
+++ b/client/libcurl/util.c
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ char* get_version() {
   char* version_json_str = cJSON_Print(version_json);
   cJSON_Delete(version_json);
   return version_json_str;
+}
+
+const char* get_error_str(CURLcode error_code) {
+  return curl_easy_strerror(error_code);
 }
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