diff --git a/src/contents/ui/AccountEntryView.qml b/src/contents/ui/AccountEntryView.qml
index 0011c16..0db3e72 100644
--- a/src/contents/ui/AccountEntryView.qml
+++ b/src/contents/ui/AccountEntryView.qml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Kirigami.SwipeListItem {
     property int interval: account && account.isTotp ? 1000 * account.timeStep : 0
     property bool tokenAvailable: account && account.token && account.token.length > 0
 
+    signal actionTriggered
     property real healthIndicator: 0
     property bool alive: true
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ Kirigami.SwipeListItem {
         onTriggered: {
             // TODO convert to C++ helper, have proper logging?
             if (alive && account && account.isHotp) {
+                root.actionTriggered();
                 account.advanceCounter(1);
             }
             // TODO warn if not
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ Kirigami.SwipeListItem {
             // TODO convert to C++ helper, have proper logging?
             if (alive && account) {
                 root.sheet.open();
+                root.actionTriggered();
             }
             // TODO warn if not
         }
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ Kirigami.SwipeListItem {
     onClicked: {
         // TODO convert to C++ helper, have proper logging?
         if (alive && tokenAvailable) {
+            root.actionTriggered();
             Keysmith.copyToClipboard(account.token);
         }
         // TODO warn if not
diff --git a/src/contents/ui/AccountsOverview.qml b/src/contents/ui/AccountsOverview.qml
index e29677a..2339534 100644
--- a/src/contents/ui/AccountsOverview.qml
+++ b/src/contents/ui/AccountsOverview.qml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import QtQuick 2.1
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
-import QtQuick.Controls 2.0 as Controls
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.2 as Controls
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.8 as Kirigami
 
 import Keysmith.Application 1.0
@@ -24,25 +24,78 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
     property bool addActionEnabled : true
     property Models.AccountListModel accounts: Keysmith.accountListModel()
 
+    property string accountErrorMessage: i18nc("generic error shown when adding or updating an account failed", "Failed to update accounts")
+    property string loadingErrorMessage: i18nc("error message shown when loading accounts from storage failed", "Some accounts failed to load.")
+    property string errorMessage: loadingErrorMessage
+
     Component {
         id: mainListDelegate
         AccountEntryView {
+            id: entry
             account: model.account
+            onActionTriggered: {
+                root.accounts.error = false;
+                root.errorMessage = root.accountErrorMessage;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    header: ColumnLayout {
+        id: column
+        Layout.margins: 0
+        spacing: 0
+        Kirigami.InlineMessage {
+            id: message
+            visible: root.accounts.error
+            type: Kirigami.MessageType.Error
+            text: root.errorMessage
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.margins: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            /*
+             * There is supposed to be a more Kirigami-way to allow the user to dismiss the error message: showCloseButton
+             * Unfortunately:
+             *
+             *  - Kirigami doesn't really offer a direct API for detecting when the close button is clicked.
+             *    Observing the close button's effect via the visible property works just as well, but it is a bit of a hack.
+             *  - It results in a rather unattractive vertical sizing problem: the close button is rather big for inline text
+             *    This makes the internal horizontal spacing look completely out of proportion with the vertical spacing.
+             *  - The actual click/tap target is only a small fraction of the entire message (banner).
+             *    In this case, making the entire message click/tap target would be much better.
+             *
+             * Solution: add a MouseArea for dismissing the message via click/tap.
+             */
+            MouseArea {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                onClicked: {
+                    root.accounts.error = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Kirigami.Separator {
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            visible: root.accounts.error
         }
     }
 
     ListView {
         id: mainList
         model: accounts
+        Layout.fillWidth: true
         delegate: mainListDelegate
     }
 
+    topPadding: 0
+    leftPadding: 0
+    rightPadding: 0
+    bottomPadding: 0
     actions.main: Kirigami.Action {
         id: addAction
         text: i18n("Add")
         iconName: "list-add"
         visible: addActionEnabled
         onTriggered: {
+            root.accounts.error = false;
+            root.errorMessage = root.accountErrorMessage;
             root.accountWanted();
         }
     }