diff --git a/src/TranslatorService.vala b/src/TranslatorService.vala
index 65ac8f7..a1e3fa9 100644
--- a/src/TranslatorService.vala
+++ b/src/TranslatorService.vala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class TranslateService : AsyncTaskExecuter {
     var data = new Gee.ArrayList<string>();
 
     if (root != null) {
+        this.CheckForError(root);
         var sentences = root.get_array_member("text");
 
         if (sentences != null) {
@@ -46,4 +47,11 @@ public class TranslateService : AsyncTaskExecuter {
     _text = text;
     Run();
   }
+
+  private void CheckForError(Json.Object response) throws TranslatorError {
+    if (response.has_member ("code") && response.has_member ("message")) {
+        string error_message = response.get_member("message").get_string();
+        throw new TranslatorError.TranslatedVolumeExceeded(error_message);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/TranslatorError.vala b/src/utils/TranslatorError.vala
index 1e66cc5..ffe3ff2 100644
--- a/src/utils/TranslatorError.vala
+++ b/src/utils/TranslatorError.vala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// Exceptions
 public errordomain TranslatorError {
     /// No connection error
-    NoConnection;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    NoConnection,
+    TranslatedVolumeExceeded;
+}