diff --git a/api/verify.go b/api/verify.go
index 7ea9cb7962..49f17b2c62 100644
--- a/api/verify.go
+++ b/api/verify.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-password/password"
 )
 
+var (
+	// used below to specify need to return answer to user via specific redirect
+	redirectWithQueryError = errors.New("need return answer with query params")
+)
+
 const (
 	signupVerification    = "signup"
 	recoveryVerification  = "recovery"
@@ -74,6 +80,14 @@ func (a *API) Verify(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		}
 
 		if terr != nil {
+			var e *HTTPError
+			if errors.As(terr, &e) {
+				if errors.Is(e.InternalError, redirectWithQueryError) {
+					rurl := a.prepErrorRedirectURL(e, r)
+					http.Redirect(w, r, rurl, http.StatusFound)
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
 			return terr
 		}
 
@@ -172,14 +186,14 @@ func (a *API) recoverVerify(ctx context.Context, conn *storage.Connection, param
 	user, err := models.FindUserByRecoveryToken(conn, params.Token)
 	if err != nil {
 		if models.IsNotFoundError(err) {
-			return nil, notFoundError(err.Error())
+			return nil, notFoundError(err.Error()).WithInternalError(redirectWithQueryError)
 		}
 		return nil, internalServerError("Database error finding user").WithInternalError(err)
 	}
 
 	nextDay := user.RecoverySentAt.Add(24 * time.Hour)
 	if user.RecoverySentAt != nil && time.Now().After(nextDay) {
-		return nil, expiredTokenError("Recovery token expired")
+		return nil, expiredTokenError("Recovery token expired").WithInternalError(redirectWithQueryError)
 	}
 
 	err = conn.Transaction(func(tx *storage.Connection) error {
@@ -207,3 +221,19 @@ func (a *API) recoverVerify(ctx context.Context, conn *storage.Connection, param
 	}
 	return user, nil
 }
+
+func (a *API) prepErrorRedirectURL(err *HTTPError, r *http.Request) string {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	rurl := a.getConfig(ctx).SiteURL
+	q := url.Values{}
+
+	log := getLogEntry(r)
+	log.Error(err.Message)
+
+	if str, ok := oauthErrorMap[err.Code]; ok {
+		q.Set("error", str)
+	}
+	q.Set("error_code", strconv.Itoa(err.Code))
+	q.Set("error_description", err.Message)
+	return rurl + "#" + q.Encode()
+}