diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/UserRecentNotes.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/UserRecentNotes.vue
index 0f7a871c77..1d124b4932 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/UserRecentNotes.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/UserRecentNotes.vue
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function reload(): Promise<void> {
 		.catch(error => {
 			console.error('Error fetching user info', error);
 
-			return error.value =
+			loadError.value =
 				typeof(error) === 'string'
 					? String(error)
 					: JSON.stringify(error);