diff --git a/client/web/compose/src/components/PageBlocks/CalendarBase.vue b/client/web/compose/src/components/PageBlocks/CalendarBase.vue
index 4adab5179..fc8e26c2c 100644
--- a/client/web/compose/src/components/PageBlocks/CalendarBase.vue
+++ b/client/web/compose/src/components/PageBlocks/CalendarBase.vue
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ export default {
 
     refresh () {
       this.refreshing = true
-      this.api().refetchEvents().then(() => {
-        this.key++
-      })
+      new Promise(resolve => resolve(this.api().refetchEvents()))
+        .then(() => this.key++)
+        .catch(() => this.toastErrorHandler(this.$t('notification:page.block.calendar.eventFetchFailed')))
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/locale/en/corteza-webapp-compose/notification.yaml b/locale/en/corteza-webapp-compose/notification.yaml
index 64bc217fa..349cb75ae 100644
--- a/locale/en/corteza-webapp-compose/notification.yaml
+++ b/locale/en/corteza-webapp-compose/notification.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ namespace:
   imported: Namespace imported
   importFailed: Namespace failed to import
 page:
+  block:
+    calendar:
+      eventFetchFailed: Could not fetch  list of events
   createFailed: Could not create a page
   cloneFailed: Could not clone this page
   deleteFailed: Could not delete this page