diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-services.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-services.js
index 2a0aaba905..ca92059b04 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-services.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-services.js
@@ -977,8 +977,11 @@ var service_tab_content = '\
         <tbody>\
         </tbody>\
       </table>\
+    </div>\
   </div>\
-  </div>\
+<div class="row" id="error_message" hidden>\
+    <div class="alert-box alert">'+tr("Cannot connect to OneFlow server")+'<a href="" class="close">&times;</a></div>\
+</div>\
 </form>';
 
 var dataTable_services;
@@ -987,8 +990,13 @@ var service_actions = {
     "Service.list" : {
         type: "list",
         call: Service.list,
-        callback: updateServicesView,
-        error: onError
+        callback: function(request, service_list) {
+            $("#oneflow-services #error_message").hide();
+            updateServicesView(request, service_list);
+        },
+        error: function(request, error_json) {
+            onError(request, error_json, $("#oneflow-services #error_message"));
+        }
     },
 
     "Service.show" : {
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-templates.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-templates.js
index a3bdb15d8a..a11256d157 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-templates.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/plugins/oneflow-templates.js
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ var service_template_tab_content = '\
         <tbody>\
         </tbody>\
       </table>\
+    </div>\
   </div>\
+  <div class="row" id="error_message" hidden>\
+    <div class="alert-box alert">'+tr("Cannot connect to OneFlow server")+'<a href="" class="close">&times;</a></div>\
   </div>\
 </form>';
 
@@ -465,8 +468,13 @@ var service_template_actions = {
     "ServiceTemplate.list" : {
         type: "list",
         call: ServiceTemplate.list,
-        callback: updateServiceTemplatesView,
-        error: onError
+        callback: function(request, service_list) {
+            $("#oneflow-templates #error_message").hide();
+            updateServiceTemplatesView(request, service_list);
+        },
+        error: function(request, error_json) {
+            onError(request, error_json, $("#oneflow-templates #error_message"))
+        }
     },
 
     "ServiceTemplate.show" : {
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone-util.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone-util.js
index 0b6af09b30..178bd5dec4 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone-util.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone-util.js
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ function initCheckAllBoxes(datatable, custom_context){
 
 //standard handling for the server errors on ajax requests.
 //Pops up a message with the information.
-function onError(request,error_json) {
+function onError(request,error_json, container) {
     var method;
     var action;
     var object;
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ function onError(request,error_json) {
         return false;
     };
 
+    if (container) {
+        container.show();
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (message.match(/^Network is unreachable .+$/)){
         if (!onError.disabled){
             notifyError(tr("Network is unreachable: is OpenNebula running?"));