diff --git a/public/js/components/feature/FeatureTogglesComponent.jsx b/public/js/components/feature/FeatureTogglesComponent.jsx
index 572612f3b4..13add8f60d 100644
--- a/public/js/components/feature/FeatureTogglesComponent.jsx
+++ b/public/js/components/feature/FeatureTogglesComponent.jsx
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ var FeatureTogglesComponent = React.createClass({
         if (this.isClientError(error)) {
             // TODO: catch SyntaxError
             var errors = JSON.parse(error.responseText)
-            errors.forEach(function(e) {  this.state.errors.push(e.msg); }.bind(this))
+            errors.forEach(function(e) { this.addError(e.msg); }.bind(this))
+        } else if (error.status === 0) {
+            this.addError("server unreachable");
         } else {
-            this.state.errors.push(error);
+            this.addError(error);
         }
 
         this.forceUpdate();
@@ -88,6 +90,12 @@ var FeatureTogglesComponent = React.createClass({
         this.setState({errors: []});
     },
 
+    addError: function(msg) {
+        if (this.state.errors[this.state.errors.length - 1] !== msg) {
+            this.state.errors.push(msg);
+        }
+    },
+
     isClientError: function(error) {
         try {
             return error.status >= 400 &&