diff --git a/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.ts b/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.ts
index 8853f25f..2b57389a 100644
--- a/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ export class LoginViewModel extends ViewModel<SegmentType, Options> {
             new StartOIDCLoginViewModel(this.childOptions({loginOptions: this._loginOptions}))
         );
         this.emitChange("startOIDCLoginViewModel");
-        this._startOIDCLoginViewModel.discover();
+        try {
+            await this._startOIDCLoginViewModel.discover();
+        } catch (err) {
+            this._showError(err.message);
+            this._disposeViewModels();
+        }
     }
 
     private _showError(message: string): void {
diff --git a/src/domain/login/StartOIDCLoginViewModel.js b/src/domain/login/StartOIDCLoginViewModel.js
index 4189e581..70980e32 100644
--- a/src/domain/login/StartOIDCLoginViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/login/StartOIDCLoginViewModel.js
@@ -41,8 +41,18 @@ export class StartOIDCLoginViewModel extends ViewModel {
 
     async discover() {
         // Ask for the metadata once so it gets discovered and cached
-        await this._api.metadata()
-        await this._api.registration();
+        try {
+            await this._api.metadata()
+        } catch (err) {
+            this.logger.log("Failed to discover OIDC metadata: " + err);
+            throw new Error("Failed to discover OIDC metadata: " + err.message );
+        }
+        try {
+            await this._api.registration();
+        } catch (err) {
+            this.logger.log("Failed to register OIDC client: " + err);
+            throw new Error("Failed to register OIDC client: " + err.message );
+        }
     }
 
     async startOIDCLogin() {