diff --git a/src/browser/overlay.js b/src/browser/overlay.js
index 10cfa52..df1dd8c 100644
--- a/src/browser/overlay.js
+++ b/src/browser/overlay.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Mousetrap.bind('ctrl+shift+i', () => {
 function Overlay({ views, streams, customStreams }) {
   const activeViews = views
     .map(({ state, context }) => State.from(state, context))
-    .filter((s) => s.matches('displaying'))
+    .filter((s) => s.matches('displaying') && !s.matches('displaying.error'))
   return (
     <div>
       {activeViews.map((viewState) => {
diff --git a/src/node/StreamWindow.js b/src/node/StreamWindow.js
index 03880f2..87c69ca 100644
--- a/src/node/StreamWindow.js
+++ b/src/node/StreamWindow.js
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ export default class StreamWindow extends EventEmitter {
   reloadView(viewIdx) {
     const view = this.views.find(
       (v) =>
-        v.state.matches('displaying') &&
-        v.state.context.pos.spaces.includes(viewIdx),
+        v.state.context.pos && v.state.context.pos.spaces.includes(viewIdx),
     )
     if (view) {
       view.send('RELOAD')
diff --git a/src/node/viewStateMachine.js b/src/node/viewStateMachine.js
index f953161..9e69cbb 100644
--- a/src/node/viewStateMachine.js
+++ b/src/node/viewStateMachine.js
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import { Machine, assign } from 'xstate'
 
-const savePosIfSameURL = {
-  actions: assign({
-    pos: (context, event) => event.pos,
-  }),
-  cond: 'urlUnchanged',
-}
-
 const viewStateMachine = Machine(
   {
     id: 'view',
@@ -31,7 +24,7 @@ const viewStateMachine = Machine(
         invoke: {
           src: 'clearView',
           onError: {
-            target: '#view.error',
+            target: '#view.displaying.error',
           },
         },
       },
@@ -43,7 +36,12 @@ const viewStateMachine = Machine(
           url: (context, event) => event.url,
         }),
         on: {
-          DISPLAY: savePosIfSameURL,
+          DISPLAY: {
+            actions: assign({
+              pos: (context, event) => event.pos,
+            }),
+            cond: 'urlUnchanged',
+          },
           RELOAD: '.loading',
         },
         states: {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ const viewStateMachine = Machine(
                     target: 'video',
                   },
                   onError: {
-                    target: '#view.error',
+                    target: '#view.displaying.error',
                   },
                 },
               },
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ const viewStateMachine = Machine(
                     }),
                   },
                   onError: {
-                    target: '#view.error',
+                    target: '#view.displaying.error',
                   },
                 },
               },
@@ -103,12 +101,9 @@ const viewStateMachine = Machine(
               },
             },
           },
-        },
-      },
-      error: {
-        entry: 'logError',
-        on: {
-          DISPLAY: savePosIfSameURL,
+          error: {
+            entry: 'logError',
+          },
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/src/web/control.js b/src/web/control.js
index c0e79b9..5c4e78d 100644
--- a/src/web/control.js
+++ b/src/web/control.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function App({ wsEndpoint }) {
                     url={url}
                     onChangeSpace={handleSetView}
                     spaceValue={streamId}
-                    isError={state.matches('error')}
+                    isError={state.matches('displaying.error')}
                     isDisplaying={state.matches('displaying')}
                     isListening={isListening}
                     onSetListening={handleSetListening}