diff --git a/public/src/client/login.js b/public/src/client/login.js
index 9f90926063..ace40db68d 100644
--- a/public/src/client/login.js
+++ b/public/src/client/login.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define('forum/login', ['csrf', 'translator'], function(csrf, translator) {
 						window.location.href = data + '?loggedin';
 					},
 					error: function(data, status) {
-						if (data.status === 403 && data.statusText === 'Forbidden') {
+						if (data.status === 403 && data.responseText === 'Forbidden') {
 							window.location.href = config.relative_path + '/login?error=csrf-invalid';
 						} else {
 							errorEl.find('p').translateText(data.responseText);
diff --git a/public/src/client/register.js b/public/src/client/register.js
index fdf4b3ab7e..306ef367fd 100644
--- a/public/src/client/register.js
+++ b/public/src/client/register.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ define('forum/register', ['csrf', 'translator'], function(csrf, translator) {
 					},
 					error: function(data) {
 						translator.translate(data.responseText, config.defaultLang, function(translated) {
-							if (data.status === 403 && data.statusText === 'Forbidden') {
+							if (data.status === 403 && data.responseText === 'Forbidden') {
 								window.location.href = config.relative_path + '/register?error=csrf-invalid';
 							} else {
 								errorEl.find('p').text(translated);