closes #5132

public/src/app.js

@@ -288,20 +288,14 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 
 		if (showWelcomeMessage) {
 			showWelcomeMessage = false;
-			if (document.readyState !== 'complete') {
-				$(document).ready(showAlert.bind(null, 'login'));
-			} else {
 				showAlert('login');
-			}
+			});
 		}
 
 		if (showBannedMessage) {
 			showBannedMessage = false;
-			if (document.readyState !== 'complete') {
-				$(document).ready(showAlert.bind(null, 'banned'));
-			} else {
 				showAlert('banned');
-			}
+			});
 		}
 	};
 

public/src/sockets.js

@@ -122,16 +122,7 @@ app.isConnected = false;
 	}
 
 	function onEventBanned() {
-		app.alert({
+		window.location.href = config.relative_path + '/';
-			title: '[[global:alert.banned]]',
-			message: '[[global:alert.banned.message]]',
-			type: 'danger',
-			timeout: 1000
-		});
-
-		setTimeout(function () {
-			window.location.href = config.relative_path + '/';
-		}, 1000);
 	}
 
 }());

src/middleware/header.js

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 
 			if (results.banned) {
 				req.logout();
-				return res.redirect('/?banned=' + (results.banReason || ''));
+				return res.redirect('/?banned=' + (results.banReason || 'no-reason'));
 			}
 
 			results.user.isAdmin = results.isAdmin;