diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/1020.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/1020.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f69e2866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/1020.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix failed track adding to playlist being silent (#1020)
diff --git a/front/src/components/playlists/Editor.vue b/front/src/components/playlists/Editor.vue
index 68ce6a10c..f4bf3e8e9 100644
--- a/front/src/components/playlists/Editor.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/playlists/Editor.vue
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export default {
         // if backendErrors isn't populated (e.g. duplicate track exceptions raised by
         // the playlist model), read directly from the response
         if (error.rawPayload.playlist) {
-          self.errored(error.rawPayload.playlist.non_field_errors)
+          self.errored(error.rawPayload.playlist)
         } else {
           self.errored(error.backendErrors)
         }