diff --git a/ud/udMessages.pb.go b/ud/udMessages.pb.go
index 2e2bd66e6f220f12507ea9f9ff6e255974d89d67..3f1dcba8f10f6edcbfa00a635428975fe42b3a1c 100644
--- a/ud/udMessages.pb.go
+++ b/ud/udMessages.pb.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ type SearchResponse struct {
 	// ID of the session created
 	Contacts []*Contact `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=contacts,proto3" json:"contacts,omitempty"`
 	CommID   int64      `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=commID,proto3" json:"commID,omitempty"`
+	Error    string     `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=error,proto3" json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *SearchResponse) Reset() {
@@ -269,6 +270,13 @@ func (x *SearchResponse) GetCommID() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+func (x *SearchResponse) GetError() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Error
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // Message sent to UDB for looking up a user
 type LookupSend struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
@@ -333,6 +341,7 @@ type LookupResponse struct {
 
 	PubKey []byte `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=pubKey,proto3" json:"pubKey,omitempty"`
 	CommID int64  `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=commID,proto3" json:"commID,omitempty"`
+	Error  string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=error,proto3" json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *LookupResponse) Reset() {
@@ -381,6 +390,13 @@ func (x *LookupResponse) GetCommID() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+func (x *LookupResponse) GetError() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Error
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 var File_udMessages_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_udMessages_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/ud/udMessages.proto b/ud/udMessages.proto
index ce6877d22d93ee887cc1cec37c52e78e85cd006f..36fb59a02860a17a7e3d6fc71b19be2e4a045fab 100644
--- a/ud/udMessages.proto
+++ b/ud/udMessages.proto
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ message SearchResponse {
   // ID of the session created
   repeated Contact contacts = 1;
   int64 commID = 2;
+  string error = 3;
 }
 
 // Message sent to UDB for looking up a user
@@ -50,4 +51,5 @@ message LookupSend {
 message LookupResponse {
   bytes pubKey = 1;
   int64 commID = 2;
+  string error = 3;
 }
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