diff --git a/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx b/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
index 3777e31..b84e2be 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/browser/preferences/index.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ function _Preferences(props: {
 
     const [login_item, ,, forceRefreshLoginItem] = useAsync(useCallback(() => ipc.getLoginItemSettings(), [ipc]));
 
+    const [show_error_alerts, , show_error_alerts_state, forceRefreshErrorAlerts] = useAsync(useCallback(() => ipc.getShowErrorAlerts(), [ipc]));
+
     const setOpenAtLogin = useCallback(async (open_at_login: boolean | 'mixed') => {
         await ipc.setLoginItemSettings({...login_item!, startup_enabled: !!open_at_login});
         forceRefreshLoginItem();
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ function _Preferences(props: {
         forceRefreshLoginItem();
     }, [ipc, login_item]);
 
+    const setShowErrorAlerts = useCallback(async (show_error_alerts: boolean | 'mixed') => {
+        await ipc.setShowErrorAlerts(!!show_error_alerts);
+        forceRefreshErrorAlerts();
+    }, [ipc]);
+
     const [discord_users, discord_users_error, discord_users_state, forceRefreshDiscordUsers] =
         useAsync(useCallback(() => ipc.getDiscordUsers(), [ipc]));
 
@@ -97,7 +104,8 @@ function _Preferences(props: {
 
     useEventListener(events, 'window:refresh', () => (
         forceRefreshAccounts(), forceRefreshLoginItem(),
-        forceRefreshDiscordUsers(), forceRefreshDiscordOptions()
+        forceRefreshDiscordUsers(), forceRefreshDiscordOptions(),
+        forceRefreshErrorAlerts()
     ), []);
 
     if (!users ||
@@ -280,6 +288,26 @@ function _Preferences(props: {
                 <Text style={[styles.help, theme.text]}>{t('splatnet3.discord_help_2')}</Text>
             </View>
         </View>
+
+        <View style={styles.section}>
+            <View style={styles.sectionLeft}>
+                <Text style={[styles.label, theme.text]}>{t('miscellaneous.heading')}</Text>
+            </View>
+            <View style={styles.sectionRight}>
+                <View style={[styles.checkboxContainer]}>
+                    <CheckBox
+                        value={show_error_alerts ?? true}
+                        onValueChange={setShowErrorAlerts}
+                        color={'#' + (accent_colour ?? DEFAULT_ACCENT_COLOUR)}
+                        style={styles.checkbox}
+                    />
+                    <TouchableOpacity style={styles.checkboxLabel} onPress={() => setShowErrorAlerts(!(show_error_alerts ?? true))}>
+                        <Text style={[styles.checkboxLabelText, theme.text]}>{t('miscellaneous.show_error_alerts')}</Text>
+                    </TouchableOpacity>
+                </View>
+                <Text style={[styles.help, theme.text]}>{t('miscellaneous.show_error_alerts_help')}</Text>
+            </View>
+        </View>
     </View>;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/i18n/locale/en-gb.ts b/src/app/i18n/locale/en-gb.ts
index 395e5b4..ed8b37c 100644
--- a/src/app/i18n/locale/en-gb.ts
+++ b/src/app/i18n/locale/en-gb.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ export const preferences_window = {
         discord_help_1: 'Uses SplatNet 3 to retrieve additional presence information while playing Splatoon 3. You must be using a secondary Nintendo Account that is friends with your main account to fetch your presence, and the secondary account must be able to access SplatNet 3.',
         discord_help_2: 'When using a presence URL that returns Splatoon 3 data additional presence information will be shown regardless of this setting.',
     },
+
+    miscellaneous: {
+        heading: 'Miscellaneous',
+        show_error_alerts: 'Show error alerts',
+        show_error_alerts_help: 'This will show a popup when an error occurs while loading data. This is useful for debugging, but can be annoying if you are not interested in the errors.',
+    }
 };
 
 export const friend_window = {
diff --git a/src/app/main/index.ts b/src/app/main/index.ts
index fc97795..13c7cf0 100644
--- a/src/app/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/index.ts
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ export class Store extends EventEmitter {
                 error: err,
                 buttons: ['OK', 'Retry'],
                 defaultId: 1,
+                app: this.app,
             });
 
             if (response === 1) {
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ export class Store extends EventEmitter {
                 error: err,
                 buttons: ['OK', 'Retry'],
                 defaultId: 1,
+                app: this.app,
             });
 
             if (response === 1) {
@@ -520,4 +522,4 @@ export class Store extends EventEmitter {
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/main/ipc.ts b/src/app/main/ipc.ts
index f5e0634..7b5a5be 100644
--- a/src/app/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/ipc.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ export function setupIpc(appinstance: App, ipcMain: IpcMain) {
     handle('systemPreferences:getloginitem', () => appinstance.store.getLoginItem());
     handle('systemPreferences:setloginitem', (e, settings: LoginItemOptions) => appinstance.store.setLoginItem(settings));
 
+    handle('preferences:showerroralerts', () => storage.getItem('preferences.showerroralerts'));
+    handle('preferences:setshowerroralerts', (e, enabled: boolean) =>
+        storage.setItem('preferences.showerroralerts', enabled));
+
     handle('update:get', () => appinstance.updater.cache ?? appinstance.updater.check());
     handle('update:check', () => appinstance.updater.check());
 
diff --git a/src/app/main/monitor.ts b/src/app/main/monitor.ts
index 1772c57..ff9323e 100644
--- a/src/app/main/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/monitor.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export class PresenceMonitorManager {
                 error: err,
                 buttons: ['OK', 'Retry', 'Stop'],
                 defaultId: 0,
+                app: this.app,
             });
 
             if (response === 1) {
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ export class PresenceMonitorManager {
             error: err,
             buttons: ['OK', 'Retry'],
             defaultId: 0,
+            app: this.app,
         });
 
         if (response === 1) {
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ export class PresenceMonitorManager {
         await showErrorDialog({
             message: error.name + ' updating presence monitor',
             error,
+            app: this.app,
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/main/util.ts b/src/app/main/util.ts
index c2187de..2061726 100644
--- a/src/app/main/util.ts
+++ b/src/app/main/util.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,17 @@ interface ErrorBoxOptions extends MessageBoxOptions {
     window?: BrowserWindow;
 }
 
-export function showErrorDialog(options: ErrorBoxOptions) {
+export async function showErrorDialog(options: ErrorBoxOptions) {
     const {error, app, window, ...message_box_options} = options;
     const detail = ErrorDescription.getErrorDescription(error);
 
+    if (app) {
+        const showErrorAlerts = await app.store.storage.getItem('preferences.showerroralerts') as boolean
+        if (showErrorAlerts === false) {
+            return Promise.resolve({ response: 0, checkboxChecked: false });
+        }
+    }
+
     message_box_options.detail = message_box_options.detail ?
         detail + '\n\n' + message_box_options.detail :
         detail;
diff --git a/src/app/preload/index.ts b/src/app/preload/index.ts
index ba3c841..360c034 100644
--- a/src/app/preload/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/preload/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ const ipc = {
     getLoginItemSettings: () => inv<LoginItem>('systemPreferences:getloginitem'),
     setLoginItemSettings: (settings: LoginItemOptions) => inv('systemPreferences:setloginitem', settings),
 
+    getShowErrorAlerts: () => inv<boolean>('preferences:showerroralerts'),
+    setShowErrorAlerts: (enabled: boolean) => inv('preferences:setshowerroralerts', enabled),
+
     getUpdateData: () => inv<UpdateCacheData | null>('update:get'),
     checkUpdates: () => inv<UpdateCacheData | null>('update:check'),