diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Project/MembersPage/components/ServiceTokenTab/components/ServiceTokenSection/AddServiceTokenModal.tsx b/frontend/src/views/Project/MembersPage/components/ServiceTokenTab/components/ServiceTokenSection/AddServiceTokenModal.tsx
index 09aa0d7b3..9761c70fc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Project/MembersPage/components/ServiceTokenTab/components/ServiceTokenSection/AddServiceTokenModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Project/MembersPage/components/ServiceTokenTab/components/ServiceTokenSection/AddServiceTokenModal.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { faCheck, faCopy, faPlus, faTrashCan } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { yupResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/yup";
+import { AxiosError } from "axios";
 import * as yup from "yup";
 
 import { useNotificationContext } from "@app/components/context/Notifications/NotificationProvider";
@@ -160,10 +161,18 @@ export const AddServiceTokenModal = ({ popUp, handlePopUpToggle }: Props) => {
       });
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err);
-      createNotification({
-        text: "Failed to create a service token",
-        type: "error"
-      });
+      const axiosError = err as AxiosError
+      if (axiosError?.response?.status === 401) {
+        createNotification({
+          text: "You do not have access to the selected environment/path",
+          type: "error"
+        });
+      } else {
+        createNotification({
+          text: "Failed to create a service token",
+          type: "error"
+        });
+      }
     }
   };