diff --git a/src/components/App.vue b/src/components/App.vue
index dd8c2ae..2b86fb1 100644
--- a/src/components/App.vue
+++ b/src/components/App.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,20 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import Connection from "../js/Connection.js";
+
 export default {
     name: 'App',
+    mounted() {
+        Connection.addClientNotificationListener(this.onClientNotification);
+    },
+    beforeUnmount() {
+        Connection.removeClientNotificationListener(this.onClientNotification);
+    },
+    methods: {
+        onClientNotification(clientNotification) {
+            alert(clientNotification.message);
+        },
+    },
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/pages/NodeRunTraceRoutePage.vue b/src/components/pages/NodeRunTraceRoutePage.vue
index 31505df..5729ce1 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/NodeRunTraceRoutePage.vue
+++ b/src/components/pages/NodeRunTraceRoutePage.vue
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export default {
 
         // listen for trace routes
         Connection.addTraceRouteListener(this.onTraceRoutePacket);
+        Connection.addClientNotificationListener(this.onClientNotification);
 
         // redirect to main page if node not found
         if(!this.node){
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ export default {
 
         // stop listening for trace routes
         Connection.removeTraceRouteListener(this.onTraceRoutePacket);
+        Connection.removeClientNotificationListener(this.onClientNotification);
 
     },
     beforeRouteLeave(to, from) {
@@ -153,6 +155,14 @@ export default {
                 },
             });
         },
+        onClientNotification(clientNotification) {
+
+            // check if meshtastic device rate limited trace route
+            if(clientNotification.message === "TraceRoute can only be sent once every 30 seconds"){
+                this.isRunningTraceRoute = false;
+            }
+
+        },
     },
     computed: {
         node() {
diff --git a/src/js/Connection.js b/src/js/Connection.js
index 7ef6df4..14bbdfa 100644
--- a/src/js/Connection.js
+++ b/src/js/Connection.js
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@ import {BleConnection, Constants, HttpConnection, Protobuf, SerialConnection, Ty
 
 class Connection {
 
+    static clientNotificationListeners = [];
     static traceRouteListeners = [];
 
+    static addClientNotificationListener(listener) {
+        this.clientNotificationListeners.push(listener);
+    }
+
+    static removeClientNotificationListener(listenerToRemove) {
+        this.clientNotificationListeners = this.clientNotificationListeners.filter((listener) => {
+            return listener !== listenerToRemove;
+        });
+    }
+
     static addTraceRouteListener(listener) {
         this.traceRouteListeners.push(listener);
     }
@@ -99,8 +110,11 @@ class Connection {
         });
 
         // listen for packets from radio
-        // we are doing this to get error info for a request id as it's not provided in the onRoutingPacket event
+        // we use this for some packets that don't have their own event listener
         connection.events.onFromRadio.subscribe((data) => {
+
+            // handle packets
+            // we are doing this to get error info for a request id as it's not provided in the onRoutingPacket event
             if(data.payloadVariant.case.toString() === "packet") {
                 const meshPacket = data.payloadVariant.value;
                 if(meshPacket.payloadVariant.case === "decoded"){
@@ -113,6 +127,17 @@ class Connection {
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            // handle clientNotification
+            if(data.payloadVariant.case.toString() === "clientNotification") {
+                const clientNotification = data.payloadVariant.value;
+                for(const clientNotificationListener of this.clientNotificationListeners){
+                    try {
+                        clientNotificationListener(clientNotification);
+                    } catch(e){}
+                }
+            }
+
         });
 
         // listen for our node number
@@ -218,9 +243,7 @@ class Connection {
             for(const traceRouteListener of this.traceRouteListeners){
                 try {
                     traceRouteListener(data);
-                } catch(e) {
-                    // ignore error calling listener
-                }
+                } catch(e){}
             }
         });