diff --git a/gdrive-userscript/cytube-google-drive.user.js b/gdrive-userscript/cytube-google-drive.user.js
index d8fa6655..88a24a6f 100644
--- a/gdrive-userscript/cytube-google-drive.user.js
+++ b/gdrive-userscript/cytube-google-drive.user.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
 // @connect docs.google.com
 // @run-at document-end
-// @version 1.1.0
+// @version 1.2.0
 // ==/UserScript==
 
 try {
@@ -67,18 +67,14 @@ try {
                     });
 
                     if (data.status === 'fail') {
-                        error = new Error('Google Docs request failed: ' +
-                                'metadata indicated status=fail');
-                        error.response = res.responseText;
-                        error.reason = 'RESPONSE_STATUS_FAIL';
+                        var error = 'Google Docs request failed: ' +
+                                unescape(data.reason).replace(/\+/g, ' ');
                         return cb(error);
                     }
 
                     if (!data.fmt_stream_map) {
-                        error = new Error('Google Docs request failed: ' +
-                                'metadata lookup returned no valid links');
-                        error.response = res.responseText;
-                        error.reason = 'MISSING_LINKS';
+                        var error = 'Google Docs request failed: ' +
+                                'metadata lookup returned no valid links';
                         return cb(error);
                     }
 
@@ -96,8 +92,8 @@ try {
             },
 
             onerror: function () {
-                var error = new Error('Google Docs request failed: ' +
-                        'metadata lookup HTTP request failed');
+                var error = 'Google Docs request failed: ' +
+                        'metadata lookup HTTP request failed';
                 error.reason = 'HTTP_ONERROR';
                 return cb(error);
             }
@@ -205,6 +201,7 @@ try {
 
     unsafeWindow.console.log('Initialized userscript Google Drive player');
     unsafeWindow.hasDriveUserscript = true;
+    unsafeWindow.driveUserscriptVersion = '1.2';
 } catch (error) {
     unsafeWindow.console.error(error);
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 068b74ad..d4389f43 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
   "name": "CyTube",
   "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
-  "version": "3.23.2",
+  "version": "3.23.3",
   "repository": {
     "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
   },
diff --git a/player/gdrive-player.coffee b/player/gdrive-player.coffee
index 026216bb..1805d8fb 100644
--- a/player/gdrive-player.coffee
+++ b/player/gdrive-player.coffee
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ window.GoogleDrivePlayer = class GoogleDrivePlayer extends VideoJSPlayer
         super(data)
 
     load: (data) ->
+        window.maybePromptToUpgradeUserscript()
         if typeof window.getGoogleDriveMetadata is 'function'
             window.getGoogleDriveMetadata(data.id, (error, metadata) =>
                 if error
                     console.error(error)
                     alertBox = window.document.createElement('div')
                     alertBox.className = 'alert alert-danger'
-                    alertBox.textContent = error.message
+                    alertBox.textContent = error
                     document.getElementById('ytapiplayer').appendChild(alertBox)
                 else
                     data.meta.direct = metadata.videoMap
diff --git a/templates/google_drive_userscript.pug b/templates/google_drive_userscript.pug
index f0744431..1befdcd3 100644
--- a/templates/google_drive_userscript.pug
+++ b/templates/google_drive_userscript.pug
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ html(lang="en")
                 | Tampermonkey supports many browsers besides Chrome.
             p.
               Once you have installed the userscript manager addon for your browser,
-              you can <a href="/js/cytube-google-drive.user.js?v=1.1" target="_blank">
+              you can <a href="/js/cytube-google-drive.user.js" target="_blank">
               install the userscript</a>.  If this link 404s, it means the administrator
               of this server hasn't generated it yet.
             p.
@@ -58,17 +58,3 @@ html(lang="en")
 
     include footer
     +footer()
-    script(type="text/javascript").
-      function showEmail(btn, email, key) {
-        email = unescape(email);
-        key = unescape(key);
-        var dest = new Array(email.length);
-        for (var i = 0; i < email.length; i++) {
-          dest[i] = String.fromCharCode(email.charCodeAt(i) ^ key.charCodeAt(i % key.length));
-        }
-        email = dest.join("");
-        $("<a/>").attr("href", "mailto:" + email)
-          .text(email)
-          .insertBefore(btn);
-        $(btn).remove();
-      }
diff --git a/www/js/player.js b/www/js/player.js
index 4638dfce..63694864 100644
--- a/www/js/player.js
+++ b/www/js/player.js
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@
     }
 
     GoogleDrivePlayer.prototype.load = function(data) {
+      window.maybePromptToUpgradeUserscript();
       if (typeof window.getGoogleDriveMetadata === 'function') {
         return window.getGoogleDriveMetadata(data.id, (function(_this) {
           return function(error, metadata) {
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@
               console.error(error);
               alertBox = window.document.createElement('div');
               alertBox.className = 'alert alert-danger';
-              alertBox.textContent = error.message;
+              alertBox.textContent = error;
               return document.getElementById('ytapiplayer').appendChild(alertBox);
             } else {
               data.meta.direct = metadata.videoMap;
@@ -1019,7 +1020,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.load = function(data) {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       this.setMediaProperties(data);
       try {
         if (data.type === 'tv') {
@@ -1034,7 +1035,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.pause = function() {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         this.twitch.pause();
         return this.paused = true;
@@ -1045,7 +1046,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.play = function() {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         this.twitch.play();
         return this.paused = false;
@@ -1056,7 +1057,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.seekTo = function(time) {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         return this.twitch.seek(time);
       } catch (error1) {
@@ -1066,7 +1067,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.getTime = function(cb) {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         return cb(this.twitch.getCurrentTime());
       } catch (error1) {
@@ -1076,7 +1077,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.setVolume = function(volume) {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         this.twitch.setVolume(volume);
         if (volume > 0) {
@@ -1089,7 +1090,7 @@
     };
 
     TwitchPlayer.prototype.getVolume = function(cb) {
-      var error, error1;
+      var error;
       try {
         if (this.twitch.isPaused()) {
           return cb(0);
@@ -1513,7 +1514,7 @@
   };
 
   window.loadMediaPlayer = function(data) {
-    var e, error, error1, error2, error3, error4;
+    var e, error;
     try {
       if (window.PLAYER) {
         window.PLAYER.destroy();
@@ -1525,8 +1526,8 @@
     if (data.meta.direct && data.type !== 'gd') {
       try {
         return window.PLAYER = new VideoJSPlayer(data);
-      } catch (error2) {
-        e = error2;
+      } catch (error1) {
+        e = error1;
         return console.error(e);
       }
     } else if (data.type === 'gd') {
@@ -1536,15 +1537,15 @@
         } else {
           return window.PLAYER = new GoogleDriveYouTubePlayer(data);
         }
-      } catch (error3) {
-        e = error3;
+      } catch (error1) {
+        e = error1;
         return console.error(e);
       }
     } else if (data.type in TYPE_MAP) {
       try {
         return window.PLAYER = TYPE_MAP[data.type](data);
-      } catch (error4) {
-        e = error4;
+      } catch (error1) {
+        e = error1;
         return console.error(e);
       }
     }
diff --git a/www/js/util.js b/www/js/util.js
index 985f3a4b..9b806124 100644
--- a/www/js/util.js
+++ b/www/js/util.js
@@ -3205,3 +3205,54 @@ function stopQueueSpinner(data) {
         $("#queueprogress").remove();
     }
 }
+
+function maybePromptToUpgradeUserscript() {
+    if (document.getElementById('prompt-upgrade-drive-userscript')) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!window.hasDriveUserscript) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var currentVersion = [1, 2];
+    var userscriptVersion = window.driveUserscriptVersion;
+    if (!userscriptVersion) {
+        userscriptVersion = '1.0';
+    }
+    userscriptVersion = userscriptVersion.split('.').map(function (part) {
+        return parseInt(part, 10);
+    });
+
+    var older = false;
+    for (var i = 0; i < currentVersion.length; i++) {
+        if (userscriptVersion[i] < currentVersion[i]) {
+            older = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!older) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var alertBox = document.createElement('div');
+    alertBox.id = 'prompt-upgrade-drive-userscript';
+    alertBox.className = 'alert alert-info'
+    alertBox.innerHTML = 'A newer version of the Google Drive userscript is available.';
+    alertBox.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
+    var infoLink = document.createElement('a');
+    infoLink.className = 'btn btn-info';
+    infoLink.href = '/google_drive_userscript';
+    infoLink.textContent = 'Click here for installation instructions';
+    infoLink.target = '_blank';
+    alertBox.appendChild(infoLink);
+
+    var closeButton = document.createElement('button');
+    closeButton.className = 'close pull-right';
+    closeButton.innerHTML = '&times;';
+    closeButton.onclick = function () {
+        alertBox.parentNode.removeChild(alertBox);
+    }
+    alertBox.insertBefore(closeButton, alertBox.firstChild)
+    document.getElementById('videowrap').appendChild(alertBox);
+}