diff --git a/src/js/classes/storage.js b/src/js/classes/storage.js
index 73a05555..1cde4957 100644
--- a/src/js/classes/storage.js
+++ b/src/js/classes/storage.js
@@ -202,11 +202,13 @@ export const StorageJs = (type = 'gist') => {
         this.lastStorageHost = newHost;
       },
       token: undefined,
+      isTokenInvalid: true,
       gistId: undefined,
       setCredentials: function(token, gistId){
         //console.log("using gist credentials", {token, gistId})
         this.token = token
         this.gistId = gistId
+        this.isTokenInvalid = !token || token.length < 5
       },
       filesInGist: {},
       getFilesInGist: function(fileKey) {
@@ -215,6 +217,9 @@ export const StorageJs = (type = 'gist') => {
         console.error(`${fileKey} not found in gist`, this.filesInGist);
       },
       getGist: function(gistId, onFail = () => {}) {
+        if (!gistId) {
+          throw new Error('No gist id specified');
+        }
         const fetchAddress = `https://api.github.com/gists/${gistId}`;
         return fetch(fetchAddress, {
           method: 'GET',
@@ -231,15 +236,24 @@ export const StorageJs = (type = 'gist') => {
                 401: "Is your Gist Token valid?",
                 404: `Is your Gist ID online?\n\naddress:\n${fetchAddress}`
               }
-              alert(`Failed to get:\n${fetchAddress}...\n\nSTATUS: ${data.status}\n${data.status in GistStatusHints ? GistStatusHints[data.status] : ""}`)
+              console.error('GOT -- ', { data, fetchAddress, data })
+              onFail(`Failed to get:\n${fetchAddress}...\n\nSTATUS: ${data.status}\n${data.status in GistStatusHints ? GistStatusHints[data.status] : ""}`)
               if (data.status in GistStatusHints) onFail(data.status);
               if (data.status === 404) window.open(fetchAddress, '_blank').focus();
+
+              // try to fetch without authorisation
+              return fetch(fetchAddress).then(data=> {
+                console.warn("Got data without authorisation")
+                this.isTokenInvalid = true;
+                return data.json()
+              })
             }
+            this.isTokenInvalid = false;
             return data.json();
           })
           .then(content => {
             console.log('NEW from get::', { content });
-            this.filesInGist = content.files;
+            this.filesInGist = content.files || {};
             const inputOptions = {};
             Object.keys(this.filesInGist).forEach(key => {
               inputOptions[key] = key;
@@ -256,6 +270,9 @@ export const StorageJs = (type = 'gist') => {
       hasGistSettings: function() {
         return this.gistId && this.gistId.length > 0;
       },
+      getIsTokenInvalid: function() {
+        return !this.token || this.token.length < 5 || this.isTokenInvalid
+      },
       getGistFile: function(onFail = () => {}) {
         return this.getGist(this.gistId, onFail);
       },
diff --git a/src/public/plugins/index.js b/src/public/plugins/index.js
index 74f10b16..a8232e47 100644
--- a/src/public/plugins/index.js
+++ b/src/public/plugins/index.js
@@ -246,9 +246,12 @@ export var Plugins = function (app) {
     });
   };
 
+  const isGistTokenInvalid = () => {
+    return app.data.storage.getIsTokenInvalid();
+  }
   const getGistPluginFiles = () => {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (!app.settings.gistPluginsFile()) reject();
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      // if (!app.settings.gistPluginsFile()) reject("No");
       app.data.storage
         .getGist(app.settings.gistPluginsFile())
         .then(({ filesInGist }) => {
@@ -291,7 +294,8 @@ export var Plugins = function (app) {
     setVloatilePlugin,
     setVloatilePlugins,
     getGistPluginFiles,
-    saveGistPlugin
+    saveGistPlugin,
+    isGistTokenInvalid
   };
 
   // built in plugin initiation
diff --git a/src/public/plugins/plugin-editor.js b/src/public/plugins/plugin-editor.js
index c28ff06b..65168258 100644
--- a/src/public/plugins/plugin-editor.js
+++ b/src/public/plugins/plugin-editor.js
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ export var PluginEditor = function ({
   setVloatilePlugin,
   setVloatilePlugins,
   getGistPluginFiles,
-  saveGistPlugin
+  saveGistPlugin,
+  isGistTokenInvalid
 }) {
   const self = this;
   this.name = 'PluginEditor';
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export var PluginEditor = function ({
     document.getElementById('js-editor').style.display =
       mode === 'edit' ? 'block' : 'none';
     document.getElementById('diff-editor').style.display =
-      mode === 'commit' && app.settings.gistPluginsFile() ? 'block' : 'none';
+      mode === 'commit' ? 'block' : 'none';
     document.getElementById('plugin-differ-commit').style.display =
       mode === 'commit' ? 'block' : 'none';
     document.getElementById('plugin-output-previewer').style.display =
@@ -151,22 +152,33 @@ export var PluginEditor = function ({
         beautify.beautify(this.editor.session);
 
         if (this.mode === 'commit') {
+          fileContents = this.editor.getValue();
+          this.differ
+            .getEditors()
+            .left.getSession()
+            .setValue(fileContents);
           getGistPluginFiles().then(gistPluginFiles => {
             const gistPluginFile = gistPluginFiles.find(
               item => item.filename == fileName
             );
-            console.log({ gistPluginFile }, this.differ.getEditors());
-            fileContents = this.editor.getValue();
+
+            const isTokenInvalid = isGistTokenInvalid()
+            const gistAccesError = isTokenInvalid? `//Access to gist writing failed\n\n//Do you have a valid token.\n// It needs to have permission to edit the gist file.`: `//${fileName}\n\n//Gist with this filename is missing.\n// Have you deleted/renamed it?`
             this.differ
               .getEditors()
-              .left.getSession()
-              .setValue(fileContents);
-
+              .right.getSession()
+              .setValue(gistPluginFile && !isTokenInvalid ? gistPluginFile.content : gistAccesError);
+            
+              this.differ.getEditors().right.setReadOnly(isTokenInvalid);
+              document.getElementById('plugin-differ-commit').className = isTokenInvalid ? "disabled" : ""
+          })
+          .catch(error=>{
+            this.differ.getEditors().right.setReadOnly(true);
+            document.getElementById('plugin-differ-commit').className = "disabled";
             this.differ
               .getEditors()
               .right.getSession()
-              .setValue(gistPluginFile ? gistPluginFile.content : `//${fileName}\n\n//Gist with this filename is missing.\n// Have you deleted/renamed it?`);
-            // this.differ.getEditors().right.setReadOnly(this.mode === 'commit');
+              .setValue(error.toString())
           });
         }
         if (this.mode === 'test') {