diff --git a/ghost/admin/views/base.js b/ghost/admin/views/base.js
index 3046f0d256..e7a19cb99b 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/views/base.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/views/base.js
@@ -96,7 +96,14 @@
             if (request.status !== 200) {
                 try {
                     // Try to parse out the error, or default to "Unknown"
-                    message =  request.responseJSON.error || "Unknown Error";
+                    if (request.responseJSON.errors && _.isArray(request.responseJSON.errors)) {
+                        message = '';
+                        _.each(request.responseJSON.errors, function (errorItem) {
+                            message += '<br/>' + errorItem.message;
+                        });
+                    } else {
+                        message =  request.responseJSON.error || "Unknown Error";
+                    }
                 } catch (e) {
                     msgDetail = request.status ? request.status + " - " + request.statusText : "Server was not available";
                     message = "The server returned an error (" + msgDetail + ").";
diff --git a/ghost/admin/views/debug.js b/ghost/admin/views/debug.js
index e3333a15d4..bf4f63fbed 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/views/debug.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/views/debug.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 error: function (response) {
                     $('#startupload').text('Import');
                     var responseJSON = response.responseJSON,
-                        message = responseJSON && responseJSON.error ? responseJSON.error : 'unknown';
+                        message = responseJSON && responseJSON.errors[0].message ? responseJSON.errors[0].message : 'unknown';
                     Ghost.notifications.addItem({
                         type: 'error',
                         message: ['A problem was encountered while importing new content to your blog. Error: ', message].join(''),
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
                                         },
                                         error: function onError(response) {
                                             var responseText = JSON.parse(response.responseText),
-                                                message = responseText && responseText.error ? responseText.error : 'unknown';
+                                                message = responseText && responseText.errors[0].message ? responseText.errors[0].message : 'unknown';
                                             Ghost.notifications.addItem({
                                                 type: 'error',
                                                 message: ['A problem was encountered while deleting content from your blog. Error: ', message].join(''),
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
                 },
                 error: function onError(response) {
                     var responseText = JSON.parse(response.responseText),
-                        message = responseText && responseText.error ? responseText.error : 'unknown';
+                        message = responseText && responseText.errors[0].message ? responseText.errors[0].message : 'unknown';
                     Ghost.notifications.addItem({
                         type: 'error',
                         message: ['A problem was encountered while sending the test email: ', message].join(''),