diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/FolderView.vue b/dashboard/src/components/FolderView.vue
index 302bba599..08d243d5b 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/FolderView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/FolderView.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <MainLayout>
     <template #dialogs>
+      <Notification />
+
       <Dialog ref="fatalErrorDialog" modal title="Error">
         <p>{{ fatalError }}</p>
       </Dialog>
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@
 
 import { marked } from 'marked';
 
-import { fetcher, Dialog, DirectoryView, TopBar, Breadcrumb, BottomBar, Button, InputDialog, MainLayout, Menu, FileUploader, Spinner } from 'pankow';
+import { fetcher, Dialog, DirectoryView, TopBar, Breadcrumb, BottomBar, Button, InputDialog, MainLayout, Menu, Notification, FileUploader, Spinner } from 'pankow';
 import { sanitize, sleep } from 'pankow/utils';
 
 import { ISTATES } from '../constants.js';
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ export default {
     InputDialog,
     MainLayout,
     Menu,
+    Notification,
     Breadcrumb,
     PreviewPanel,
     Spinner,
@@ -477,7 +480,12 @@ export default {
       window.addEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadListener, { capture: true });
       this.$refs.pasteInProgressDialog.open();
 
-      await this.directoryModel.paste(targetPath, action, files);
+      try {
+        await this.directoryModel.paste(targetPath, action, files);
+      } catch (e) {
+        window.pankow.notify({ type: 'danger', text: e, persistent: true })
+      }
+
       this.clipboard = {};
       await this.loadCwd();
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/DirectoryModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
index 1f8386f9b..9e2469600 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ export function createDirectoryModel(origin, accessToken, api) {
       await fetcher.del(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${filePath}`, { access_token: accessToken });
     },
     async rename(fromFilePath, toFilePath, overwrite = false) {
-      await fetcher.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${fromFilePath}`, { action: 'rename', newFilePath: sanitize(toFilePath), overwrite }, { access_token: accessToken });
+      return await fetcher.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${fromFilePath}`, { action: 'rename', newFilePath: sanitize(toFilePath), overwrite }, { access_token: accessToken });
     },
     async copy(fromFilePath, toFilePath) {
-      await fetcher.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${fromFilePath}`, { action: 'copy', newFilePath: sanitize(toFilePath) }, { access_token: accessToken });
+      return await fetcher.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${fromFilePath}`, { action: 'copy', newFilePath: sanitize(toFilePath) }, { access_token: accessToken });
     },
     async chown(filePath, uid) {
       await fetcher.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${filePath}`, { action: 'chown', uid: uid, recursive: true  }, { access_token: accessToken });
@@ -182,17 +182,18 @@ export function createDirectoryModel(origin, accessToken, api) {
         let done = false;
         let targetPath = targetDir + '/' + files[f].name;
         while (!done) {
-          try {
-            if (action === 'cut') await this.rename(this.buildFilePath(files[f].folderPath, files[f].name), targetPath);
-            if (action === 'copy') await this.copy(this.buildFilePath(files[f].folderPath, files[f].name), targetPath);
-            done = true;
-          } catch (error) {
-            if (error.status === 409) {
-              targetPath += '-copy';
-            } else {
-              throw error;
-            }
+          let result;
+          if (action === 'cut') result = await this.rename(this.buildFilePath(files[f].folderPath, files[f].name), targetPath);
+          if (action === 'copy') result = await this.copy(this.buildFilePath(files[f].folderPath, files[f].name), targetPath);
+
+          if (result.status === 404) {
+            throw `Source file ${files[f].name} not found`;
+          } else if (result.status === 409) {
+            targetPath += '-copy';
+            continue;
           }
+
+          done = true;
         }
       }
     },