diff --git a/lib/plugin.js b/lib/plugin.js
index ff2d69a8..e1373681 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugin.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class DrupalCe {
      */
     this.$currentPage = Vue.observable({
       title: null,
+      statusCode: null,
       metadata: {
         meta: [],
         link: []
@@ -26,13 +27,6 @@ class DrupalCe {
       localTasks: null,
       settings: {},
     })
-
-    /**
-     * Returns an object for rendering as Vue component.
-     */
-    this.$currentPage.contentComponent = () => {
-      return { name: 'DrupalContent', template: this.$currentPage.content }
-    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -54,23 +48,49 @@ class DrupalCe {
       if (this.options.addRequestContentFormat) {
         config.params._content_format = config.params._content_format ?? this.options.addRequestContentFormat
       }
-      const data = await this.$axios.get(path, config).then(res => res.data)
+      const { data, status } = await this.$axios.get(path, config)
       if (!data.title || !data.content) {
         return this.context.error({
           statusCode: 422,
           message: 'Malformed API response. Please make sure to install Custom Elements renderer: https://www.drupal.org/project/lupus_ce_renderer'})
       }
-      this.$currentPage.title = data.title
-      this.$currentPage.metatags = this.processMetatags(data.metatags)
-      this.$currentPage.content = data.content
-      this.$currentPage.breadcrumbs = Array.isArray(data.breadcrumbs) ? data.breadcrumbs : [],
-      this.$currentPage.messages = this.processMessages(data.messages)
-      this.$currentPage.localTasks = data.local_tasks
-      this.$currentPage.settings = data.settings
+      this.processPageResponse(data, status)
       return this.$currentPage
-    } catch (err) {
-      this.context.error(err)
-      return err
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.response) {
+        // Request made and server responded. If we get a proper Drupal error
+        // page, apply it and propagate the error code.
+        if (error.response.data && error.response.data.title && error.response.data.content) {
+          this.processPageResponse(error.response.data, error.response.status)
+        } else {
+          this.context.error({ statusCode: error.response.status, message: error.message })
+        }
+      } else if (error.request) {
+        // The request was made but no response was received. Usually this
+        // means a network error.
+        this.context.error({ statusCode: 503, message: error.message })
+      } else {
+        // Some other error happened, so be verbose about it.
+        this.context.error({ statusCode: 400, message: error.message })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Updates $currentpage based upon response data.
+   */
+  processPageResponse(data, status) {
+    this.$currentPage.statusCode = status
+    this.$currentPage.title = data.title
+    this.$currentPage.metatags = this.processMetatags(data.metatags)
+    this.$currentPage.content = data.content
+    this.$currentPage.breadcrumbs = Array.isArray(data.breadcrumbs) ? data.breadcrumbs : [],
+    this.$currentPage.messages = this.processMessages(data.messages)
+    this.$currentPage.localTasks = data.local_tasks
+    this.$currentPage.settings = data.settings
+    // When possible, propagate status code (only in server mode).
+    if (this.context.res) {
+      this.context.res.statusCode = status
     }
   }
 
@@ -133,10 +153,17 @@ export default async function (context, inject) {
 
   const drupal = new DrupalCe($axiosDrupal, context, options)
 
-  const { nuxtState = {} } = context || {}
+  if (process.server) {
+    context.beforeNuxtRender(({ nuxtState }) => {
+      // Prepare data for client-side hydration.
+      nuxtState.drupal = drupal.$currentPage
+    })
+  }
 
-  if (process.client && !nuxtState.drupal) {
-    await drupal.fetchPage(context.route.path)
+  const { nuxtState = {} } = context || {}
+  // Client-side hydration
+  if (process.client && nuxtState.drupal) {
+    drupal.$currentPage = Vue.observable(nuxtState.drupal)
   }
 
   inject('drupal', drupal)
diff --git a/scaffold/pages/_.vue b/scaffold/pages/_.vue
index d3c0f2b5..fc968bf4 100644
--- a/scaffold/pages/_.vue
+++ b/scaffold/pages/_.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 export default {
   async asyncData ({ route, $drupal }) {
-    return { page: await $drupal.fetchPage(route.path) }
+    // Do not return the data here to avoid hydrating data twice. The drupal-ce module is taking care of it already.
+    await $drupal.fetchPage(route.path)
   },
   head () {
     return {
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ export default {
       meta: this.page.metatags.meta,
       link: this.page.metatags.link
     }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    page () {
+      return this.$drupal.$currentPage
+    }
   }
 }
 </script>