diff --git a/web/public/js/tdbms.js b/web/public/js/tdbms.js
index a998307..2676f2d 100644
--- a/web/public/js/tdbms.js
+++ b/web/public/js/tdbms.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ function tdb_query(trdb, trc, trb) {
 		statusCode: {
 			401: function () {
 				location.href = "/auth";
+				throw new Error("Unauthorized TDBMS request");
 			}
 		},
 		success: function (resp) {