diff --git a/cmd/fb-om-exporter/main.go b/cmd/fb-om-exporter/main.go
index b45fa45..fb951f0 100644
--- a/cmd/fb-om-exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fb-om-exporter/main.go
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ func metricsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	fbclient := client.NewRestClient(endpoint, apitoken, apiver, debug)
-	_ = collectors.Collector(context.TODO(), metrics, registry, fbclient)
+	if fbclient.Error != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Error connecting to FlashBlade. Check your management endpoint and/or api token are correct.", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	collectors.Collector(context.TODO(), metrics, registry, fbclient)
 
 	h := promhttp.HandlerFor(registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{})
 	h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
diff --git a/internal/openmetrics-exporter/alerts_collector.go b/internal/openmetrics-exporter/alerts_collector.go
index 0d52482..ad29fe1 100644
--- a/internal/openmetrics-exporter/alerts_collector.go
+++ b/internal/openmetrics-exporter/alerts_collector.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package collectors
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"purestorage/fb-openmetrics-exporter/internal/rest-client"
 )
@@ -19,12 +22,17 @@ func (c *AlertsCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	if len(alerts.Items) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
+	al := make(map[string]float64)
 	for _, alert := range alerts.Items {
+		al[fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s,%s", alert.Severity, alert.ComponentType, alert.ComponentName)] += 1
+	}
+	for a, n := range al { 
+		alert := strings.Split(a, ",")
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.AlertsDesc,
 			prometheus.GaugeValue,
-			1.0,
-			alert.Severity, alert.ComponentType, alert.ComponentName,
+			n,
+			alert[0], alert[1], alert[2],
 		)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/rest-client/flashblade_client.go b/internal/rest-client/flashblade_client.go
index a6c0ca3..4aa2df2 100644
--- a/internal/rest-client/flashblade_client.go
+++ b/internal/rest-client/flashblade_client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+//	"log"
+	"errors"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
 )
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ type FBClient struct {
 	RestClient *resty.Client
 	ApiVersion string
 	XAuthToken string
+	Error      error
 }
 
 func NewRestClient(endpoint string, apitoken string, apiversion string, debug bool) *FBClient {
@@ -61,13 +64,19 @@ func NewRestClient(endpoint string, apitoken string, apiversion string, debug bo
 //	})
 
 	result := new(ApiVersions)
-	res, _ := fb.RestClient.R().
+	res, err := fb.RestClient.R().
 		SetResult(&result).
 		Get("/api_version")
+	if err != nil {
+		fb.Error = err
+		return fb
+	}
 	if res.StatusCode() != 200 {
+		fb.Error = errors.New("Not a valid FlashBlade REST API server")
 		return fb
 	}
 	if len(result.Versions) == 0 {
+		fb.Error = errors.New("Not a valid FlashBlade REST API version")
 		return fb
 	}
 	if apiversion == "latest" {
@@ -75,9 +84,13 @@ func NewRestClient(endpoint string, apitoken string, apiversion string, debug bo
 	} else {
 		fb.ApiVersion = apiversion
 	}
-	res, _ = fb.RestClient.R().
+	res, err = fb.RestClient.R().
 		SetHeader("api-token", apitoken).
 		Post("/login")
+	if err != nil {
+		fb.Error = err
+		return fb
+	}
 	fb.XAuthToken = res.Header().Get("x-auth-token")
 	fb.RestClient.SetBaseURL("https://" + endpoint + "/api/" + fb.ApiVersion)
 	fb.RestClient.SetHeader("x-auth-token", fb.XAuthToken)
@@ -88,16 +101,23 @@ func (fb *FBClient) Close() *FBClient {
 	if fb.XAuthToken == "" {
 		return fb
 	}
-	fb.RestClient.R().
+	_, err := fb.RestClient.R().
 		SetHeader("x-auth-token", fb.XAuthToken).
 		Post("/logout")
+	if err != nil {
+		fb.Error = err
+	}
 	return fb
 }
 
 func (fb *FBClient) RefreshSession() *FBClient {
-	res, _ := fb.RestClient.R().
+	res, err := fb.RestClient.R().
 		SetHeader("api-token", fb.ApiToken).
 		Post("/login")
+	if err != nil {
+		fb.Error = err
+		return fb
+	}
 	fb.XAuthToken = res.Header().Get("x-auth-token")
 	fb.RestClient.SetHeader("x-auth-token", fb.XAuthToken)
 	return fb