diff --git a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
index 052fca25c..787893783 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bulk_update_requests_controller.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class BulkUpdateRequestsController < ApplicationController
 
   def approve
     @bulk_update_request.approve!(CurrentUser.user.id)
-    flash[:notice] = "Bulk update request approved"
     respond_with(@bulk_update_request, :location => bulk_update_requests_path)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/approve.js.erb b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/approve.js.erb
index 01a0282bd..9f03d78c1 100644
--- a/app/views/bulk_update_requests/approve.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/bulk_update_requests/approve.js.erb
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-$("#request-status-for-<%= @bulk_update_request.id %>").html("queued");
+<% if @bulk_update_request.errors.any? %>
+  Danbooru.error(<%= j @bulk_update_request.errors.full_messages.join(',') %>);
+<% else %>
+  $("#request-status-for-<%= @bulk_update_request.id %>").html("queued");
+<% end %>