diff --git a/tailbone/templates/custorders/create.mako b/tailbone/templates/custorders/create.mako
index a78eed6c..cfbc4894 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/custorders/create.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/custorders/create.mako
@@ -483,7 +483,8 @@
                         @click="showAddItemDialog()">
                 Add Item
               </b-button>
-              <b-button icon-pack="fas"
+              <b-button v-if="contactUUID"
+                        icon-pack="fas"
                         icon-left="fas fa-plus"
                         @click="showAddPastItem()">
                 Add Past Item
@@ -1239,6 +1240,9 @@
                         type: 'is-danger',
                         duration: 2000, // 2 seconds
                     })
+                    if (failure) {
+                        failure(response)
+                    }
                 })
             },
 
@@ -1250,20 +1254,13 @@
                 }
 
                 this.submitBatchData(params, response => {
-                    if (response.data.error) {
-                        this.$buefy.toast.open({
-                            message: "Submit failed: " + response.data.error,
-                            type: 'is-danger',
-                            duration: 2000, // 2 seconds
-                        })
-                        this.submittingOrder = false
+                    if (response.data.next_url) {
+                        location.href = response.data.next_url
                     } else {
-                        if (response.data.next_url) {
-                            location.href = response.data.next_url
-                        } else {
-                            location.reload()
-                        }
+                        location.reload()
                     }
+                }, response => {
+                    this.submittingOrder = false
                 })
             },
 
diff --git a/tailbone/views/custorders/orders.py b/tailbone/views/custorders/orders.py
index 79753c50..49280d96 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/custorders/orders.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/custorders/orders.py
@@ -779,9 +779,13 @@ class CustomerOrderView(MasterView):
                 'batch': self.normalize_batch(batch)}
 
     def submit_new_order(self, batch, data):
-        result = self.execute_new_order_batch(batch, data)
-        if not result:
-            return {'error': "Batch failed to execute"}
+        try:
+            result = self.execute_new_order_batch(batch, data)
+        except Exception as error:
+            return {'error': six.text_type(error)}
+        else:
+            if not result:
+                return {'error': "Batch failed to execute"}
 
         next_url = None
         if isinstance(result, model.CustomerOrder):