diff --git a/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/api/useCreateCredential.ts b/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/api/useCreateCredential.ts
index fd5cd78..6910364 100644
--- a/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/api/useCreateCredential.ts
+++ b/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/api/useCreateCredential.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ export const useCreateCredential = () => {
       })
 
       if (!response.ok) {
-        const responseJSON = await response.json()
-        throw new Error(responseJSON.message)
+        throw new Error(
+          'There is a problem creating credential. This may be due to high latency of the ipfs node. Please try again in a few minutes.',
+        )
       }
 
       mutate(
diff --git a/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/web3/useCreateCourse.ts b/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/web3/useCreateCourse.ts
index 5268f37..b2b5b52 100644
--- a/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/web3/useCreateCourse.ts
+++ b/packages/wagmi/src/hooks/web3/useCreateCourse.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ export function useCreateCourse({
       })
 
       if (!uploadMetadataResponse.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Error uploading course metadata to IPFS')
+        throw new Error(
+          'There is a problem uploading course metadata. This may be due to high latency of the ipfs node. Please try again in a few minutes.',
+        )
       }
 
       setStep(1)
@@ -121,16 +123,7 @@ export function useCreateCourse({
         !uploadMetadataResponseJson.data?.metadata.url
       ) {
         throw new Error(
-          'There is a problem uploading your metadata. Try again.',
-        )
-      }
-      const metadataResponse = await fetch(
-        uploadMetadataResponseJson.data.metadata.url,
-      )
-
-      if (!metadataResponse.ok) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'There is a problem uploading your metadata. Try again.',
+          'There is a problem uploading your uploaded course metadata. Please try again in a few minutes.',
         )
       }