diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/components/ProblemLoadingRepo.svelte b/apps/desktop/src/lib/components/ProblemLoadingRepo.svelte
index fe38fcd236..15ffd0af96 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/components/ProblemLoadingRepo.svelte
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/components/ProblemLoadingRepo.svelte
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 	import { getContext } from '@gitbutler/shared/context';
 	import Icon from '@gitbutler/ui/Icon.svelte';
 	import Spacer from '@gitbutler/ui/Spacer.svelte';
+	import posthog from 'posthog-js';
+	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
 	import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
 
 	export let error: any = undefined;
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@
 			projectsService.reload();
 		}
 	}
+
+	onMount(() => {
+		posthog.capture('repo:load_failed', { error_message: String(error) });
+	});
 </script>
 
 <DecorativeSplitView img={loadErrorSvg}>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/vbranches/virtualBranch.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/vbranches/virtualBranch.ts
index 7f2cf666ac..df9c5176d2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/vbranches/virtualBranch.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/vbranches/virtualBranch.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { PatchSeries, VirtualBranch, VirtualBranches } from './types';
 import { invoke, listen } from '$lib/backend/ipc';
+import { showError } from '$lib/notifications/toasts';
 import { plainToInstance } from 'class-transformer';
 import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { BranchListingService } from '$lib/branches/branchListing';
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@ export class VirtualBranchService {
 		try {
 			this.handlePayload(await this.listVirtualBranches());
 			this.branchListingService.refresh();
-		} catch (err: any) {
+		} catch (err: unknown) {
 			console.error(err);
 			this.error.set(err);
+			showError('Failed to load branches', err);
 		} finally {
 			this.loading.set(false);
 		}