diff --git a/src/components/docker-registry-ui.riot b/src/components/docker-registry-ui.riot
index c140ece..104e07b 100644
--- a/src/components/docker-registry-ui.riot
+++ b/src/components/docker-registry-ui.riot
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           filter-results="{ state.filter }"
           on-authentication="{ onAuthentication }"
           use-control-cache-header="{ truthy(props.useControlCacheHeader) }"
-          taglist-order="{ taglistOrderParser(props.taglistOrder) }"
+          taglist-order="{ props.taglistOrder }"
         ></tag-list>
       </route>
       <route path="{baseRoute}taghistory/(.*)">
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     import { stripHttps, getRegistryServers, setRegistryServers, truthy, stringToArray } from '../scripts/utils';
     import router from '../scripts/router';
     import { loadTheme } from '../scripts/theme';
-    import { taglistOrderParser } from '../scripts/taglist-order';
 
     export default {
       components: {
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       version,
       truthy,
       stringToArray,
-      taglistOrderParser,
     };
   </script>
   <style>
diff --git a/src/components/tag-list/tag-list.riot b/src/components/tag-list/tag-list.riot
index 68a96ca..e07a9fd 100644
--- a/src/components/tag-list/tag-list.riot
+++ b/src/components/tag-list/tag-list.riot
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     import Pagination from './pagination.riot';
     import TagTable from './tag-table.riot';
     import router from '../../scripts/router';
-    import { getTagComparator } from '../../scripts/taglist-order';
+    import { getTagComparator, taglistOrderParser } from '../../scripts/taglist-order';
 
     export default {
       components: {
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           asc: true,
           page: router.getPageQueryParam() || 1,
         };
+        try {
+          this.state.taglistOrder = taglistOrderParser(props.taglistOrder)
+        } catch(e) {
+          props.onNotify(e);
+        }
       },
       onMounted(props, state) {
         this.display(props, state);
diff --git a/src/scripts/error.js b/src/scripts/error.js
index 3133d2f..af31722 100644
--- a/src/scripts/error.js
+++ b/src/scripts/error.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export class DockerRegistryUIError extends Error {
   constructor(msg) {
     super(msg);
+    this.isError = true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/scripts/taglist-order.js b/src/scripts/taglist-order.js
index 8b9f7df..e66f08b 100644
--- a/src/scripts/taglist-order.js
+++ b/src/scripts/taglist-order.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const taglistOrderVariants = (taglistOrder) => {
       } else if (TAGLIST_ORDER_REGEX.test(taglistOrder)) {
         return taglistOrder;
       }
-      throw new DockerRegistryUIError(`The order \`${taglistOrder}\` is not recognized.`);
+      throw new DockerRegistryUIError(`The taglist order \`${taglistOrder}\` is not recognized.`);
   }
 };