diff --git a/ts/components/session/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx b/ts/components/session/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
index 44244db5f..6ad0a46f3 100644
--- a/ts/components/session/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/session/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ export class SessionConversation extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         error && error.stack ? error.stack : error
       );
 
-      ToastUtils.pushLoadAttachmentFailure();
+      ToastUtils.pushLoadAttachmentFailure(error?.message);
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/ts/receiver/attachments.ts b/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
index 756002b2e..7375ccf91 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function downloadAttachment(attachment: any) {
     serverUrl
   );
 
-  let res: ArrayBuffer | null = null;
+  let res: ArrayBuffer | any = null;
 
   // TODO: we need attachments to remember which API should be used to retrieve them
   if (!defaultFileserver) {
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/Toast.tsx b/ts/session/utils/Toast.tsx
index 89722397d..4ed2b89bd 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/Toast.tsx
+++ b/ts/session/utils/Toast.tsx
@@ -61,11 +61,18 @@ export function pushToastSuccess(
   );
 }
 
-export function pushLoadAttachmentFailure() {
-  pushToastError(
-    'unableToLoadAttachment',
-    window.i18n('unableToLoadAttachment')
-  );
+export function pushLoadAttachmentFailure(message?: string) {
+  if (message) {
+    pushToastError(
+      'unableToLoadAttachment',
+      `${window.i18n('unableToLoadAttachment')} ${message}`
+    );
+  } else {
+    pushToastError(
+      'unableToLoadAttachment',
+      window.i18n('unableToLoadAttachment')
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 export function pushDangerousFileError() {