diff --git a/src/api.js b/src/api.js
index 0260c25..bbb5e15 100644
--- a/src/api.js
+++ b/src/api.js
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ export async function getTOTPKeys(baseMount) {
     }
   });
   return fetch(request).then(response => {
+    if (response.status == 404) {
+      throw DoesNotExistError;
+    }
     return response.json();
   }).then(data => {
     return data.data.keys;
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 91640ba..78a28f7 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "./pageUtils.js";
 import { PageState } from "./PageState.js";
 import { makeElement } from "./htmlUtils.js";
+import { getSealStatus } from './api.js';
 
 import {
   HomePage,
@@ -36,8 +37,6 @@ import {
   PwGenPage,
 } from "./pages";
 
-import { getSealStatus } from './api.js';
-
 const pages = {
   HOME: new HomePage(),
   TOTP: new TOTPViewPage(),
diff --git a/src/pages/TOTP/TOTPView.js b/src/pages/TOTP/TOTPView.js
index 2141ad9..3de4b47 100644
--- a/src/pages/TOTP/TOTPView.js
+++ b/src/pages/TOTP/TOTPView.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Page } from "../../types/Page.js";
-import { getTOTPKeys, getTOTPCode } from "../../api.js";
+import { getTOTPKeys, getTOTPCode, DoesNotExistError } from "../../api.js";
 import { setTitleElement, setPageContent, changePage } from "../../pageUtils.js";
 import { CopyableInputBox } from "../../elements/CopyableInputBox.js";
 import { makeElement } from "../../htmlUtils.js";
@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ export class TOTPViewPage extends Page {
         this.refreshers.push(setInterval(totpRefresher, 3000, totpKeyName, totpListElement));
       }, this);
       document.getElementById("loadingText").remove();
+    }).catch(e => {
+      if (e == DoesNotExistError) {
+        let loadingText = document.getElementById("loadingText");
+        loadingText.innerText =  "You seem to have no TOTP codes here, would you like to create one?";
+      } else {
+        setErrorText(e.message);
+      }
     });
+
   }
 
   cleanup() {