diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index ead4dda..ed1d867 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   private
 
+  def render_no_content(record)
+    helpers.render_errors(record)
+    render html: nil, layout: true
+  end
+
   def rescue_turbo(exception)
     raise unless request.format.to_sym == :turbo_stream
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/quantities_controller.rb b/app/controllers/quantities_controller.rb
index fe5213a..ab03865 100644
--- a/app/controllers/quantities_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/quantities_controller.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class QuantitiesController < ApplicationController
     permitted = params.require(:quantity).permit(:parent_id)
     @previous_ancestors = @quantity.ancestors
 
-    @quantity.update!(permitted)
+    # Until UI blocks all disallowed reparents, render error messages if present
+    render_no_content(@quantity) unless @quantity.update(permitted)
 
     @ancestors = @quantity.ancestors
     @quantity.depth = @ancestors.length
diff --git a/app/views/quantities/_quantity.html.erb b/app/views/quantities/_quantity.html.erb
index c5d5d89..c3b14f6 100644
--- a/app/views/quantities/_quantity.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/quantities/_quantity.html.erb
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
            ondragstart: "dragStart(event)", ondragend: "dragEnd(event)",
            ondragover: "dragOver(event)", ondrop: "drop(event)",
            ondragenter: "dragEnter(event)", ondragleave: "dragLeave(event)",
-           data: {drag_path: reparent_quantity_path(quantity),
-                  drop_id: dom_id(quantity.parent || quantity),
+           data: {drag_path: reparent_quantity_path(quantity), drop_id: dom_id(quantity),
                   drop_id_param: "quantity[parent_id]"} do %>
 
   <td class="link" style="--depth:<%= quantity.depth %>">
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 041a972..73e34cb 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ en:
               taken: has to be unique
         quantity:
           attributes:
+            name:
+              taken: has to be unique among siblings
             parent:
-              descendant_reference: of the quantity cannot be its descendant
+              descendant_reference: cannot be changed to any of descendants
               self_reference: of the quantitiy cannot be the quantity itself
               user_mismatch: has to belong to the same user as quantity
   actioncontroller: