diff --git a/app/controllers/services_controller.rb b/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
index c169c0342..4d89e5303 100644
--- a/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/services_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ServicesController < ApplicationController
 
   def failure
     Rails.logger.info  "error in oauth #{params.inspect}"
-    flash[:error] = "there was an error connecting that service"
+    flash[:error] = t('services.failure.error')
     redirect_to services_url
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 3a0f04da1..9deb313b6 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ en:
           success: "Authentication successful."
       destroy:
           success: "Successfully destroyed authentication."
+      failure:
+          error: "there was an error connecting that service"
   notifier:
       hello: "Hello %{name}!"
       love: "love,"