diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 639dc5ba47e95be42e489da912e968a1db33fd53..890e8ef45aac7fb99812a1f33dcff51a223183c0 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def create_app(config_name):
         session['return_url'] = request.args.get('redir', vars.default_referrer)
 
         if (not any(item in session['user'].get('eppa') for item in valid_eppa)):
-            return render_template('errors/shibboleth.html', title='shibboleth error')
+            return render_template('errors/shibboleth.html')
 
         if rc_util.check_state(session['user'].get('username')) == "blocked":
             return render_template('errors/blocked.html')
diff --git a/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html b/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html
index df972e1aeaf49f9b73960a4ba0ebcf68df5b1a37..fffdd9dd043bb24a536a615384f307d8b296a94c 100644
--- a/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html
+++ b/app/templates/errors/shibboleth.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <html class="gr__rc_uab_edu">
-<title>User Blocked </title>
+<title>User Shibboleth error </title>
 <head>
 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/socket.io/1.7.3/socket.io.min.js"></script>