diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/projects/notebook/utils.ts b/frontend/src/pages/projects/notebook/utils.ts
index 7a42db512a..e2fcff6783 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/projects/notebook/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/projects/notebook/utils.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ export const useNotebookStatus = (
         if (!gracePeriod && lastItem.reason === 'FailedScheduling') {
           currentEvent = 'Insufficient resources to start';
           status = EventStatus.ERROR;
+        } else if (!gracePeriod && lastItem.reason === 'BackOff') {
+          currentEvent = 'ImagePullBackOff';
+          status = EventStatus.ERROR;
         } else if (lastItem.type === 'Warning') {
           currentEvent = 'Issue creating notebook container';
           status = EventStatus.WARNING;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utilities/notebookControllerUtils.ts b/frontend/src/utilities/notebookControllerUtils.ts
index 0eed6f6013..5d62bcaa82 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utilities/notebookControllerUtils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utilities/notebookControllerUtils.ts
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ export const useNotebookStatus = (
         if (!gracePeriod && lastItem.reason === 'FailedScheduling') {
           currentEvent = 'Insufficient resources to start';
           status = EventStatus.ERROR;
+        } else if (!gracePeriod && lastItem.reason === 'BackOff') {
+          currentEvent = 'ImagePullBackOff';
+          status = EventStatus.ERROR;
         } else if (lastItem.type === 'Warning') {
           currentEvent = 'Issue creating notebook container';
           status = EventStatus.WARNING;