diff --git a/sync-module/sync_model.php b/sync-module/sync_model.php
index 3ee388e..b1b143e 100644
--- a/sync-module/sync_model.php
+++ b/sync-module/sync_model.php
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ public function get_feed_list($userid) {
         $localfeeds = json_decode(json_encode($this->feed->get_user_feeds_with_meta($userid)));
         // 2. Load remote settings
         $remote = $this->remote_load($userid);
-        if (is_array($remote) && isset($remote['success']) && $remote['success']==false) return false;
+        if (is_array($remote) && isset($remote['success']) && $remote['success']==false) {
+            return array("success"=>false, "message"=>"Could not load remote configuration");
+        }
         // 3. Load remote feeds
         $remotefeeds = json_decode(file_get_contents($remote->host."/feed/listwithmeta.json?apikey=".$remote->apikey_read));
+        if (!$remotefeeds) {
+            return array("success"=>false, "message"=>"No response from remote server");
+        }
         
         $feeds = array();
         
diff --git a/sync-module/sync_view.php b/sync-module/sync_view.php
index 77f595f..d197155 100644
--- a/sync-module/sync_view.php
+++ b/sync-module/sync_view.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <span class="add-on">Host</span><input id="remote-host" type="text" value="https://emoncms.org">
     <span class="add-on">Username</span><input id="remote-username" type="text" style="width:150px" >
     <span class="add-on">Password</span><input id="remote-password" type="password" style="width:150px" >
+    <span class="add-on">Apikey</span><input id="remote-apikey" type="text" style="width:250px" disabled >
     <button id="remote-save" class="btn">Connect</button>
   </div>
 
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ function syncList()
       dataType: 'json', 
       async: true, 
       success(result){
+        if (result.success!=undefined) {
+          alert(result.message)
+          return false;
+        }
         out=jsonfeedsTohtml(result);
         feeds=result;
         $("#all_feed_datas").html(out);
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@ function remoteLoad()
             $(".alert").hide();
             $("#remote-host").val(result.host);
             $("#remote-username").val(result.username);
+            $("#remote-apikey").val(result.apikey_write);
             if (subaction=="feeds") {
               $(".feed-view").show();
               syncList();