diff --git a/src/client/component/download.cpp b/src/client/component/download.cpp
index aa83c10a..5605eee1 100644
--- a/src/client/component/download.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/download.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ namespace download
 
 			return 0;
 		}
+
+		void menu_error(const std::string& error)
+		{
+			scheduler::once([=]()
+			{
+				party::menu_error(error);
+			}, scheduler::pipeline::lui);
+		}
 	}
 
 	void start_download(const game::netadr_s& target, const utils::info_string& info)
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ namespace download
 				}
 
 				return scheduler::cond_continue;
-			});
+			}, scheduler::pipeline::main);
 
 			return;
 		}
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ namespace download
 		const auto base = info.get("sv_wwwBaseUrl");
 		if (base.empty())
 		{
-			party::menu_error("Download failed: Server doesn't have 'sv_wwwBaseUrl' dvar set.");
+			menu_error("Download failed: Server doesn't have 'sv_wwwBaseUrl' dvar set.");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ namespace download
 				const auto data = utils::http::get_data(url, {}, {}, &progress_callback);
 				if (!data.has_value())
 				{
-					party::menu_error("Download failed: An unknown error occurred, please try again.");
+					menu_error("Download failed: An unknown error occurred, please try again.");
 					return;
 				}
 
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ namespace download
 				const auto& result = data.value();
 				if (result.code != CURLE_OK)
 				{
-					party::menu_error(utils::string::va("Download failed: %s (%i)\n", result.code, curl_easy_strerror(result.code)));
+					menu_error(utils::string::va("Download failed: %s (%i)\n", result.code, curl_easy_strerror(result.code)));
 					return;
 				}
 
@@ -153,7 +161,6 @@ namespace download
 				ui_scripting::notify("mod_download_done", {});
 			}, scheduler::pipeline::lui);
 
-			// reconnect back to target after download of mod is finished
 			scheduler::once([=]()
 			{
 				party::connect(target);
@@ -176,9 +183,8 @@ namespace download
 		scheduler::once([]()
 		{
 			ui_scripting::notify("mod_download_done", {});
+			party::menu_error("Download for server mod has been cancelled.");
 		}, scheduler::pipeline::lui);
-
-		party::menu_error("Download for server mod has been cancelled.");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/component/party.cpp b/src/client/component/party.cpp
index 16cbabe7..df5abc11 100644
--- a/src/client/component/party.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/party.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace party
 			const auto server_fs_game = utils::string::to_lower(info.get("fs_game"));
 			if (!server_fs_game.starts_with("mods/") || server_fs_game.contains('.'))
 			{
-				console::info("Invalid server fs_game value %s\n", server_fs_game.data());
+				menu_error(utils::string::va("Invalid server fs_game value %s\n", server_fs_game.data()));
 				return true;
 			}
 
@@ -218,21 +218,14 @@ namespace party
 
 	void menu_error(const std::string& error)
 	{
-		// print error to console
 		console::error("%s\n", error.data());
-
-		scheduler::once([&]()
+		if (game::Menu_IsMenuOpenAndVisible(0, "popup_acceptinginvite"))
 		{
-			// check if popup_acceptinginvite is open and close if so
-			if (game::Menu_IsMenuOpenAndVisible(0, "popup_acceptinginvite"))
-			{
-				utils::hook::invoke<void>(0x26BE80_b, 0, "popup_acceptinginvite", 0, *game::hks::lua_state); // LUI_LeaveMenuByName
-			}
+			utils::hook::invoke<void>(0x26BE80_b, 0, "popup_acceptinginvite", 0, *game::hks::lua_state); // LUI_LeaveMenuByName
+		}
 
-			// set ui error information
-			utils::hook::invoke<void>(0x17D770_b, error.data(), "MENU_NOTICE"); // Com_SetLocalizedErrorMessage
-			utils::hook::set(0x2ED2F78_b, 1);
-		}, scheduler::pipeline::lui);
+		utils::hook::invoke<void>(0x17D770_b, error.data(), "MENU_NOTICE"); // Com_SetLocalizedErrorMessage
+		*reinterpret_cast<int*>(0x2ED2F78_b) = 1;
 	}
 
 	void clear_sv_motd()
@@ -745,8 +738,6 @@ namespace party
 					return;
 				}
 
-				// returning true doesn't exactly mean there is a error, but more or less means that we are cancelling the connection for more than one different reason.
-				// if there is a genuine error that occurs, menu_error is called within the function.
 				if (download_mod(target, info))
 				{
 					return;