diff --git a/app/src/renderer/App.vue b/app/src/renderer/App.vue
index 7dfd4402e5..93517417f1 100644
--- a/app/src/renderer/App.vue
+++ b/app/src/renderer/App.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     modal-help
   session(v-else)
   notifications(:notifications='notifications' theme='cosmos')
+  modal-error(v-if="config.modals.error.active")
 </template>
 
 <script>
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 import AppHeader from 'common/AppHeader'
 import AppFooter from 'common/AppFooter'
 import Notifications from '@nylira/vue-notifications'
+import ModalError from 'common/NiModalError'
 import ModalHelp from 'common/NiModalHelp'
 import Session from 'common/NiSession'
 import store from './vuex/store'
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export default {
   components: {
     AppHeader,
     AppFooter,
+    ModalError,
     ModalHelp,
     Notifications,
     Session
diff --git a/app/src/renderer/components/common/NiModalError.vue b/app/src/renderer/components/common/NiModalError.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f8ce93d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/renderer/components/common/NiModalError.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+.ni-modal-error__wrapper
+  .ni-modal-error
+    .ni-modal-error__icon: i.material-icons {{ errorIcon }}
+    .ni-modal-error__title {{ errorTitle }}
+    .ni-modal-error__body {{ errorBody }}
+    .ni-modal-error__footer
+      btn#ni-modal-error__btn-issue(
+        size="lg"
+        icon="bug_report"
+        color="primary"
+        value="Create an issue"
+        type="anchor"
+        :href="issueUrl")
+      btn#ni-modal-error__btn-logs(
+        size="lg"
+        icon="info_outline"
+        value="View app logs"
+        @click.native="viewLogs")
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { remote, shell } from 'electron'
+import Btn from '@nylira/vue-button'
+export default {
+  name: 'ni-modal-error',
+  components: {
+    Btn
+  },
+  computed: {
+    errorIcon () {
+      if (this.icon) return this.icon
+      else return 'error_outline'
+    },
+    errorTitle () {
+      if (this.title) return this.title
+      else return 'Voyager ran into an error'
+    },
+    errorBody () {
+      if (this.body) return this.body
+      else return 'Voyager has encountered a critical error that blocks the app from running. Please create an issue and include a copy of the app logs.'
+    }
+  },
+  data: () => ({
+    logPath: '',
+    chatUrl: 'https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@cosmosproject',
+    issueUrl: 'https://github.com/cosmos/voyager/issues'
+  }),
+  methods: {
+    viewLogs () {
+      shell.openItem(this.logPath)
+    }
+  },
+  mounted () {
+    this.logPath = remote.app.getPath('home') + '/.Cosmos/main.log'
+  },
+  props: ['icon', 'title', 'body']
+}
+</script>
+
+<style lang="stylus">
+@import '~variables'
+
+.ni-modal-error__wrapper
+  position absolute
+  top 0
+  left 0
+
+  z-index z(modalError)
+  background app-bg
+  width 100vw
+  height 100vh
+  max-width 100%
+
+  display flex
+  align-items center
+  justify-content center
+
+.ni-modal-error
+  padding 1.5rem
+  max-width 40rem
+
+.ni-modal-error__icon
+  position fixed
+  top 0
+  left 0
+  z-index z(below)
+  i.material-icons
+    font-size 25vw + 25vh
+    line-height 1
+    color bc-dim
+
+.ni-modal-error__title
+  font-size h1
+  font-weight 500
+  line-height 1
+  margin-bottom 1.5rem
+
+.ni-modal-error__body
+  font-size lg
+  color dim
+  margin-bottom 3rem
+
+.ni-modal-error__footer
+  .ni-btn
+    width 100%
+    margin-right 1.5rem
+    margin-bottom 1rem
+    max-width 14rem
+    &:last-child
+      margin-bottom 0
+
+@media screen and (min-width: 768px)
+  .ni-modal-error__icon i.material-icons
+    font-size 20vw + 20vh
+
+  .ni-modal-error__body
+    margin-bottom 4.5rem
+
+  .ni-modal-error__footer .ni-btn
+      margin-bottom 0
+</style>
diff --git a/app/src/renderer/styles/variables.styl b/app/src/renderer/styles/variables.styl
index 264925f87a..0b5eeac2b7 100644
--- a/app/src/renderer/styles/variables.styl
+++ b/app/src/renderer/styles/variables.styl
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ h6 = 0.75rem
 // z-index
 
 z-layers = {
+  modalError: 1002,
   modalHelp: 1001,
   modal: 1000,
   appHeader: 100,
diff --git a/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/config.js b/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/config.js
index e2466c02fd..7d3dcc74cd 100644
--- a/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/config.js
+++ b/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ export default ({ commit }) => {
     // TODO: change to atom
     bondingDenom: 'fermion',
     modals: {
+      error: {
+        active: false
+      },
       help: {
         active: false
       },
@@ -25,6 +28,9 @@ export default ({ commit }) => {
     setDevMode (state, value) {
       state.devMode = value
     },
+    setModalError (state, value) {
+      state.modals.error.active = value
+    },
     setModalHelp (state, value) {
       state.modals.help.active = value
     },
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/common/NiModalError.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/common/NiModalError.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3aa938102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/common/NiModalError.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import htmlBeautify from 'html-beautify'
+import NiModalError from 'common/NiModalError'
+
+jest.mock('electron', () => ({
+  remote: {
+    app: {
+      getPath: () => { return '$HOME' }
+    }
+  }
+}))
+
+describe('NiModalError', () => {
+  let wrapper
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    wrapper = mount(NiModalError)
+  })
+
+  it('has the expected html structure', () => {
+    expect(htmlBeautify(wrapper.html())).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  it('has an icon', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__icon i.material-icons').text().trim())
+      .toBe('error_outline')
+  })
+
+  it('shows an icon if specified', () => {
+    wrapper = mount(NiModalError, {
+      propsData: {
+        icon: 'icon-x'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__icon i.material-icons').text().trim())
+      .toBe('icon-x')
+  })
+
+  it('has a title', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__title').text().trim())
+      .toBe('Voyager ran into an error')
+  })
+
+  it('shows a title if specified', () => {
+    wrapper = mount(NiModalError, {
+      propsData: {
+        title: 'title-x'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__title').text().trim())
+      .toBe('title-x')
+  })
+
+  it('has a body', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__body').text().trim())
+      .toContain('Voyager has encountered a critical error that blocks the app from running. Please create an issue and include a copy of the app logs.')
+  })
+
+  it('shows a body if specified', () => {
+    wrapper = mount(NiModalError, {
+      propsData: {
+        body: 'body-x'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ni-modal-error__body').text().trim())
+      .toBe('body-x')
+  })
+
+  it('knows the path to the app log', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.vm.logPath).toBe('$HOME/.Cosmos/main.log')
+  })
+
+  it('has a button to create an issue', () => {
+    wrapper.find('#ni-modal-error__btn-issue').trigger('click')
+  })
+
+  it('has a button to view the app logs', () => {
+    wrapper.find('#ni-modal-error__btn-logs').trigger('click')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/common/__snapshots__/NiModalError.spec.js.snap b/test/unit/specs/components/common/__snapshots__/NiModalError.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17525e7cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/common/__snapshots__/NiModalError.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`NiModalError has the expected html structure 1`] = `
+"<div class=\\"ni-modal-error__wrapper\\">
+   <div class=\\"ni-modal-error\\">
+      <div class=\\"ni-modal-error__icon\\">
+         <i class=\\"material-icons\\">error_outline</i>
+      </div>
+<div class=\\"ni-modal-error__title\\">
+   Voyager ran into an error
+</div>
+<div class=\\"ni-modal-error__body\\">
+   Voyager has encountered a critical error that blocks the app from running. Please create an issue and include a copy of the app logs.
+</div>
+<div class=\\"ni-modal-error__footer\\">
+   <a class=\\"ni-btn\\" id=\\"ni-modal-error__btn-issue\\" href=\\"https://github.com/cosmos/voyager/issues\\"><span class=\\"ni-btn__container ni-btn--size-lg ni-btn--primary\\"><i aria-hidden=\\"true\\" class=\\"ni-btn__icon material-icons\\">bug_report</i><span class=\\"ni-btn__value\\">Create an issue</span></span></a><button class=\\"ni-btn\\" id=\\"ni-modal-error__btn-logs\\"><span class=\\"ni-btn__container ni-btn--size-lg\\"><i aria-hidden=\\"true\\" class=\\"ni-btn__icon material-icons\\">info_outline</i>
+   <!---->
+   <span class=\\"ni-btn__value\\">View app logs</span></span></button>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>"
+`;