diff --git a/frontend/src/components/floating-menus/DialogModal.svelte b/frontend/src/components/floating-menus/DialogModal.svelte
index 29e2aedc..9a13fab7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/floating-menus/DialogModal.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/floating-menus/DialogModal.svelte
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@
 
 	let self: FloatingMenu | undefined;
 
-	export function dismiss() {
-		dialog.dismissDialog();
-	}
-
 	onMount(() => {
-		// Focus the first button in the popup
+		// Focus the button which is marked as emphasized, or otherwise the first button, in the popup
 		const emphasizedOrFirstButton = (self?.div()?.querySelector("[data-emphasized]") || self?.div()?.querySelector("[data-text-button]") || undefined) as HTMLButtonElement | undefined;
 		emphasizedOrFirstButton?.focus();
 	});
@@ -34,9 +30,9 @@
 			{#if $dialog.widgets.layout.length > 0}
 				<WidgetLayout layout={$dialog.widgets} class="details" />
 			{/if}
-			{#if ($dialog.jsCallbackBasedButtons?.length || NaN) > 0}
+			{#if ($dialog.crashDialogButtons?.length || NaN) > 0}
 				<LayoutRow class="panic-buttons-row">
-					{#each $dialog.jsCallbackBasedButtons || [] as button, index (index)}
+					{#each $dialog.crashDialogButtons || [] as button, index (index)}
 						<TextButton action={() => button.callback?.()} {...button.props} />
 					{/each}
 				</LayoutRow>
diff --git a/frontend/src/io-managers/panic.ts b/frontend/src/io-managers/panic.ts
index a2b147d4..60a2f350 100644
--- a/frontend/src/io-managers/panic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/io-managers/panic.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ export function createPanicManager(editor: Editor, dialogState: DialogState): vo
 		// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 		console.error(panicDetails);
 
-		const panicDialog = preparePanicDialog(displayDialogPanic.header, displayDialogPanic.description, panicDetails);
-		dialogState.createPanicDialog(...panicDialog);
+		const crashDialog = prepareCrashDialog(displayDialogPanic.header, displayDialogPanic.description, panicDetails);
+		dialogState.createCrashDialog(...crashDialog);
 	});
 }
 
-function preparePanicDialog(header: string, details: string, panicDetails: string): [IconName, WidgetLayout, TextButtonWidget[]] {
+function prepareCrashDialog(header: string, details: string, panicDetails: string): [IconName, WidgetLayout, TextButtonWidget[]] {
 	const headerLabel: TextLabel = { kind: "TextLabel", value: header, disabled: false, bold: true, italic: false, tableAlign: false, minWidth: 0, multiline: false, tooltip: "" };
 	const detailsLabel: TextLabel = { kind: "TextLabel", value: details, disabled: false, bold: false, italic: false, tableAlign: false, minWidth: 0, multiline: true, tooltip: "" };
 
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ function preparePanicDialog(header: string, details: string, panicDetails: strin
 		},
 		props: { kind: "TextButton", label: "Clear Saved Data", emphasized: false, minWidth: 96 },
 	};
-	const jsCallbackBasedButtons = [reloadButton, copyErrorLogButton, reportOnGithubButton, clearPersistedDataButton];
+	const crashDialogButtons = [reloadButton, copyErrorLogButton, reportOnGithubButton, clearPersistedDataButton];
 
-	return ["Warning", widgets, jsCallbackBasedButtons];
+	return ["Warning", widgets, crashDialogButtons];
 }
 
 function githubUrl(panicDetails: string): string {
diff --git a/frontend/src/state-providers/dialog.ts b/frontend/src/state-providers/dialog.ts
index 137c9fd1..d4de921d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/state-providers/dialog.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/state-providers/dialog.ts
@@ -11,24 +11,27 @@ export function createDialogState(editor: Editor) {
 		icon: "" as IconName,
 		widgets: defaultWidgetLayout(),
 		// Special case for the crash dialog because we cannot handle button widget callbacks from Rust once the editor instance has panicked
-		jsCallbackBasedButtons: undefined as undefined | TextButtonWidget[],
+		crashDialogButtons: undefined as undefined | TextButtonWidget[],
 	});
 
 	function dismissDialog(): void {
+		
 		update((state) => {
-			state.visible = false;
+			// Disallow dismissing the crash dialog since it can confuse users why the app stopped responding if they dismiss it without realizing what it means
+			if (!state.crashDialogButtons) state.visible = false;
+			
 			return state;
 		});
 	}
 
-	// Creates a panic dialog from JS.
+	// Creates a crash dialog from JS once the editor has panicked.
 	// Normal dialogs are created in the Rust backend, but for the crash dialog, the editor instance has panicked so it cannot respond to widget callbacks.
-	function createPanicDialog(icon: IconName, widgets: WidgetLayout, jsCallbackBasedButtons: TextButtonWidget[]): void {
+	function createCrashDialog(icon: IconName, widgets: WidgetLayout, crashDialogButtons: TextButtonWidget[]): void {
 		update((state) => {
 			state.visible = true;
 			state.icon = icon;
 			state.widgets = widgets;
-			state.jsCallbackBasedButtons = jsCallbackBasedButtons;
+			state.crashDialogButtons = crashDialogButtons;
 			return state;
 		});
 	}
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ export function createDialogState(editor: Editor) {
 		update((state) => {
 			patchWidgetLayout(state.widgets, updateDialogDetails);
 
-			state.jsCallbackBasedButtons = undefined;
+			state.crashDialogButtons = undefined;
 			return state;
 		});
 	});
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ export function createDialogState(editor: Editor) {
 	return {
 		subscribe,
 		dismissDialog,
-		createPanicDialog,
+		createCrashDialog: createCrashDialog,
 	};
 }
 export type DialogState = ReturnType<typeof createDialogState>;