diff --git a/src/app/create-link/create-link.component.ts b/src/app/create-link/create-link.component.ts
index 9ca3530..8d3eb08 100644
--- a/src/app/create-link/create-link.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/create-link/create-link.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { MatInputModule, MatLabel } from '@angular/material/input';
 import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
 import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
 import { debounceTime } from 'rxjs';
+import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';
+import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-create-link',
@@ -32,7 +34,11 @@ export class CreateLinkComponent {
   public requestFailed: boolean = false;
   public errorMessages: Record<string, string> = {};
 
-  constructor(private linkService: LinkService, private router: Router) {}
+  constructor(
+    private linkService: LinkService,
+    private router: Router,
+    private snackBar: MatSnackBar,
+  ) {}
 
   private validationErrorMessages: Record<string, string> = {
     required: 'This field is required',
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ export class CreateLinkComponent {
           .map(
             (errorKey) =>
               this.validationErrorMessages[errorKey] ||
-              `Unknown error: ${errorKey}`
+              `Unknown error: ${errorKey}`,
           )
           .join(' ');
       }
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ export class CreateLinkComponent {
       link: new FormControl('', [
         Validators.required,
         Validators.pattern(
-          /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)((?:\/[\+~%\/.\w-_]*)?\??(?:[-\+=&;%@.\w_]*)#?(?:[\w]*))?)/
+          /((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)((?:\/[\+~%\/.\w-_]*)?\??(?:[-\+=&;%@.\w_]*)#?(?:[\w]*))?)/,
         ),
       ]),
       slug: new FormControl(''),
@@ -89,7 +95,15 @@ export class CreateLinkComponent {
         link: this.createLinkForm.get('link')?.value,
         slug: this.createLinkForm.get('slug')?.value,
       })
-      .catch(() => (this.requestFailed = true))
+      .catch(() => {
+        this.requestFailed = true;
+        const notification = this.snackBar.open(
+          'The slug is already used please use another slug.',
+        );
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          notification.dismiss();
+        }, 5000);
+      })
       .finally(() => {
         if (!this.requestFailed) {
           this.router.navigate(['dashboard']);