diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 8852b35..bef3b94 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from fastapi import FastAPI, WebSocket
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
+import openai
 from llm import stream_openai_response
 from mock import mock_completion
 from image_generation import create_alt_url_mapping, generate_images
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ app.add_middleware(
 # TODO: Should only be set to true when value is 'True', not any abitrary truthy value
 SHOULD_MOCK_AI_RESPONSE = bool(os.environ.get("MOCK", False))
 
+# Set to True when running in production (on the hosted version)
+# Used as a feature flag to enable or disable certain features
+IS_PROD = os.environ.get("IS_PROD", False)
+
 
 app.include_router(screenshot.router)
 
@@ -86,6 +91,12 @@ async def stream_code(websocket: WebSocket):
 
     print("Incoming websocket connection...")
 
+    async def throw_error(
+        message: str,
+    ):
+        await websocket.send_json({"type": "error", "value": message})
+        await websocket.close()
+
     params = await websocket.receive_json()
 
     print("Received params")
@@ -192,12 +203,47 @@ async def stream_code(websocket: WebSocket):
     if SHOULD_MOCK_AI_RESPONSE:
         completion = await mock_completion(process_chunk)
     else:
-        completion = await stream_openai_response(
-            prompt_messages,
-            api_key=openai_api_key,
-            base_url=openai_base_url,
-            callback=lambda x: process_chunk(x),
-        )
+        try:
+            completion = await stream_openai_response(
+                prompt_messages,
+                api_key=openai_api_key,
+                base_url=openai_base_url,
+                callback=lambda x: process_chunk(x),
+            )
+        except openai.AuthenticationError as e:
+            print("[GENERATE_CODE] Authentication failed", e)
+            error_message = (
+                "Incorrect OpenAI key. Please make sure your OpenAI API key is correct, or create a new OpenAI API key on your OpenAI dashboard."
+                + (
+                    " Alternatively, you can purchase code generation credits directly on this website."
+                    if IS_PROD
+                    else ""
+                )
+            )
+            return await throw_error(error_message)
+        except openai.NotFoundError as e:
+            print("[GENERATE_CODE] Model not found", e)
+            error_message = (
+                e.message
+                + ". Please make sure you have followed the instructions correctly to obtain an OpenAI key with GPT vision access: https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code/blob/main/Troubleshooting.md"
+                + (
+                    " Alternatively, you can purchase code generation credits directly on this website."
+                    if IS_PROD
+                    else ""
+                )
+            )
+            return await throw_error(error_message)
+        except openai.RateLimitError as e:
+            print("[GENERATE_CODE] Rate limit exceeded", e)
+            error_message = (
+                "OpenAI error - 'You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details.'"
+                + (
+                    " Alternatively, you can purchase code generation credits directly on this website."
+                    if IS_PROD
+                    else ""
+                )
+            )
+            return await throw_error(error_message)
 
     # Write the messages dict into a log so that we can debug later
     write_logs(prompt_messages, completion)