diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/retrieve-axios-error-message.ts b/frontend/src/utils/retrieve-axios-error-message.ts
index f24af0ef60ab..94097d59538a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/retrieve-axios-error-message.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/retrieve-axios-error-message.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { AxiosError } from "axios";
-import { isAxiosErrorWithResponse } from "./type-guards";
+import {
+  isAxiosErrorWithErrorField,
+  isAxiosErrorWithMessageField,
+} from "./type-guards";
 
 /**
  * Retrieve the error message from an Axios error
@@ -8,8 +11,13 @@ import { isAxiosErrorWithResponse } from "./type-guards";
 export const retrieveAxiosErrorMessage = (error: AxiosError) => {
   let errorMessage: string | null = null;
 
-  if (isAxiosErrorWithResponse(error) && error.response?.data.error) {
+  if (isAxiosErrorWithErrorField(error) && error.response?.data.error) {
     errorMessage = error.response?.data.error;
+  } else if (
+    isAxiosErrorWithMessageField(error) &&
+    error.response?.data.message
+  ) {
+    errorMessage = error.response?.data.message;
   } else {
     errorMessage = error.message;
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/type-guards.ts b/frontend/src/utils/type-guards.ts
index 93b4b4a655a4..3d4f22e9da3e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/type-guards.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/type-guards.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 import { AxiosError } from "axios";
 
-export const isAxiosErrorWithResponse = (
+export const isAxiosErrorWithErrorField = (
   error: AxiosError,
 ): error is AxiosError<{ error: string }> =>
   typeof error.response?.data === "object" &&
   error.response?.data !== null &&
   "error" in error.response.data &&
   typeof error.response?.data?.error === "string";
+
+export const isAxiosErrorWithMessageField = (
+  error: AxiosError,
+): error is AxiosError<{ message: string }> =>
+  typeof error.response?.data === "object" &&
+  error.response?.data !== null &&
+  "message" in error.response.data &&
+  typeof error.response?.data?.message === "string";