diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index 9dad7cda4b..9d57d08c68 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ async function checkMaintenance(socket) {
 	if (isAdmin) {
 		return;
 	}
-	throw new Error('[[error:forum-maintenance]]');
+	const validator = require('validator');
+	throw new Error('[[pages:maintenance.text, ' + validator.escape(String(meta.config.title || 'NodeBB')) + ']]');
 }
 
 const getSessionAsync = util.promisify((sid, callback) => db.sessionStore.get(sid, (err, sessionObj) => callback(err, sessionObj || null)));