diff --git a/src/templates/starting-stopping.html b/src/templates/starting-stopping.html
index 2fe3f29..2530d43 100644
--- a/src/templates/starting-stopping.html
+++ b/src/templates/starting-stopping.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <h4 class="status-heading qai-status-heading">QA instance stopping...</h4>
       <h4 class="status-heading qai-status-heading">QA instance startup error</h4>
     <% } %>
 
-    <% if (overallState === States.Starting) { %>
+    <% if (overallState === States.Starting || overallState === States.Error) { %>
       <div class="qai-destroy-link">
         <a id="qai-destroy" class="status-actions text-red qai-link">Destroy</a>
       </div>