diff --git a/src/util/error.rs b/src/util/error.rs
index b6c4130..c85d51e 100644
--- a/src/util/error.rs
+++ b/src/util/error.rs
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ impl From<ServerFnError> for Error {
 impl dioxus_fullstack::AsStatusCode for Error {
     fn as_status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
         match &self.source {
+            ErrorType::Auth(AuthError::InvalidCredentials) => StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
             ErrorType::Database(msg) if *msg == (diesel::result::Error::NotFound).to_string() => {
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND
             }
@@ -282,6 +283,9 @@ impl<T, E: Into<Error>> Contextualize<Result<T>> for E {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum ErrorType {
+    #[error("Authentication error: {0}")]
+    Auth(AuthError),
+
     // Using string to represent Diesel errors, because Diesel's Error type is not `Serialize`,
     // and Diesel is only available on the server
     #[error("Database error: {0}")]
@@ -331,3 +335,12 @@ impl From<fred::error::Error> for Error {
         Error::new_here(ErrorType::KeyValStore(format!("{err}")))
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub enum AuthError {
+    #[error("Invalid credentials")]
+    InvalidCredentials,
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    Error(String),
+}