diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
index f2d498b00..2929c2da4 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/electrum-api.ts
@@ -83,29 +83,35 @@ class BitcoindElectrsApi extends BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
       });
     }
 
-    const balance = await this.$getScriptHashBalance(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
-    const history = await this.$getScriptHashHistory(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
+    try {
+      const balance = await this.$getScriptHashBalance(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
+      const history = await this.$getScriptHashHistory(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
 
-    const unconfirmed = history.filter((h) => h.fee).length;
+      const unconfirmed = history.filter((h) => h.fee).length;
 
-    return {
-      'address': addressInfo.address,
-      'chain_stats': {
-        'funded_txo_count': 0,
-        'funded_txo_sum': balance.confirmed ? balance.confirmed : 0,
-        'spent_txo_count': 0,
-        'spent_txo_sum': balance.confirmed < 0 ? balance.confirmed : 0,
-        'tx_count': history.length - unconfirmed,
-      },
-      'mempool_stats': {
-        'funded_txo_count': 0,
-        'funded_txo_sum': balance.unconfirmed > 0 ? balance.unconfirmed : 0,
-        'spent_txo_count': 0,
-        'spent_txo_sum': balance.unconfirmed < 0 ? -balance.unconfirmed : 0,
-        'tx_count': unconfirmed,
+      return {
+        'address': addressInfo.address,
+        'chain_stats': {
+          'funded_txo_count': 0,
+          'funded_txo_sum': balance.confirmed ? balance.confirmed : 0,
+          'spent_txo_count': 0,
+          'spent_txo_sum': balance.confirmed < 0 ? balance.confirmed : 0,
+          'tx_count': history.length - unconfirmed,
+        },
+        'mempool_stats': {
+          'funded_txo_count': 0,
+          'funded_txo_sum': balance.unconfirmed > 0 ? balance.unconfirmed : 0,
+          'spent_txo_count': 0,
+          'spent_txo_sum': balance.unconfirmed < 0 ? -balance.unconfirmed : 0,
+          'tx_count': unconfirmed,
+        }
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e === 'failed to get confirmed status') {
+        e = 'The number of transactions on this address exceeds the Electrum server limit';
       }
-    };
-
+      throw new Error(e);
+    }
   }
 
   async $getAddressTransactions(address: string, lastSeenTxId: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction[]> {
@@ -113,26 +119,34 @@ class BitcoindElectrsApi extends BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
     if (!addressInfo || !addressInfo.isvalid) {
      return [];
     }
-    const transactions: IEsploraApi.Transaction[] = [];
-    const history = await this.$getScriptHashHistory(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
-    history.reverse();
 
-    let startingIndex = 0;
-    if (lastSeenTxId) {
-      const pos = history.findIndex((historicalTx) => historicalTx.tx_hash === lastSeenTxId);
-      if (pos) {
-        startingIndex = pos + 1;
+    try {
+      const transactions: IEsploraApi.Transaction[] = [];
+      const history = await this.$getScriptHashHistory(addressInfo.scriptPubKey);
+      history.reverse();
+
+      let startingIndex = 0;
+      if (lastSeenTxId) {
+        const pos = history.findIndex((historicalTx) => historicalTx.tx_hash === lastSeenTxId);
+        if (pos) {
+          startingIndex = pos + 1;
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    for (let i = startingIndex; i < Math.min(startingIndex + 10, history.length); i++) {
-      const tx = await this.$getRawTransaction(history[i].tx_hash, false, true);
-      if (tx) {
-        transactions.push(tx);
+      for (let i = startingIndex; i < Math.min(startingIndex + 10, history.length); i++) {
+        const tx = await this.$getRawTransaction(history[i].tx_hash, false, true);
+        if (tx) {
+          transactions.push(tx);
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    return transactions;
+      return transactions;
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e === 'failed to get confirmed status') {
+        e = 'The number of transactions on this address exceeds the Electrum server limit';
+      }
+      throw new Error(e);
+    }
   }
 
   private $getScriptHashBalance(scriptHash: string): Promise<IElectrumApi.ScriptHashBalance> {
diff --git a/backend/src/routes.ts b/backend/src/routes.ts
index 8dfeffa04..d770aea8d 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes.ts
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class Routes {
         res.status(500).send('Error fetching transaction.');
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ class Routes {
       const result = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(req.params.hash);
       res.json(result);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ class Routes {
 
       res.json(returnBlocks);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class Routes {
       }
       res.json(transactions);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ class Routes {
       const blockHash = await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(parseInt(req.params.height, 10));
       res.send(blockHash);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -621,7 +621,10 @@ class Routes {
       const addressData = await bitcoinApi.$getAddress(req.params.address);
       res.json(addressData);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      if (e.message && e.message.indexOf('exceeds') > 0) {
+        return res.status(413).send(e.message);
+      }
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -635,7 +638,10 @@ class Routes {
       const transactions = await bitcoinApi.$getAddressTransactions(req.params.address, req.params.txId);
       res.json(transactions);
     } catch (e) {
-      res.status(500).send(e.message);
+      if (e.message && e.message.indexOf('exceeds') > 0) {
+        return res.status(413).send(e.message);
+      }
+      res.status(500).send(e.message || e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/address/address.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/address/address.component.html
index 41728c083..e5a0ffd0a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/address/address.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/address/address.component.html
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@
       <span i18n="address.error.loading-address-data">Error loading address data.</span>
       <br>
       <i>{{ error.error }}</i>
+      <ng-template [ngIf]="error.status === 413">
+        <br><br>
+        Consider view this address on the official Mempool website instead:
+        <br>
+        <a href="https://mempool.space/address/{{ addressString }}" target="_blank">https://mempool.space/address/{{ addressString }}</a>
+        <br>
+        <a href="http://mempoolhqx4isw62xs7abwphsq7ldayuidyx2v2oethdhhj6mlo2r6ad.onion/address/{{ addressString }}" target="_blank">http://mempoolhqx4isw62xs7abwphsq7ldayuidyx2v2oethdhhj6mlo2r6ad.onion/address/{{ addressString }}</a>
+      </ng-template>
     </div>
   </ng-template>