diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 90948beb4..f9e2e6c85 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Contributions are very welcome, the hard work is done!
 
 # 0.5.7.0
 
+## Refactor
+* Internationalize controller rescue\_from text [#6554](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6554)
+
 # Bug fixes
 Fix plural rules handling more than wanted as "one" [#6630](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6630)
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller.rb
index eddfa3935..46236d139 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller.rb
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ class AspectMembershipsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :json
 
   def destroy
-    aspect = current_user.aspects.joins(:aspect_memberships).where(:aspect_memberships=>{:id=>params[:id]}).first
-    contact = current_user.contacts.joins(:aspect_memberships).where(:aspect_memberships=>{:id=>params[:id]}).first
+    aspect = current_user.aspects.joins(:aspect_memberships).where(aspect_memberships: {id: params[:id]}).first
+    contact = current_user.contacts.joins(:aspect_memberships).where(aspect_memberships: {id: params[:id]}).first
 
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound unless aspect.present? && contact.present?
 
     raise Diaspora::NotMine unless current_user.mine?(aspect) &&
                                    current_user.mine?(contact)
 
-    membership = contact.aspect_memberships.where(:aspect_id => aspect.id).first
+    membership = contact.aspect_memberships.where(aspect_id: aspect.id).first
 
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound unless membership.present?
 
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ class AspectMembershipsController < ApplicationController
 
     # set the flash message
     if success
-      flash.now[:notice] = I18n.t 'aspect_memberships.destroy.success'
+      flash.now[:notice] = I18n.t "aspect_memberships.destroy.success"
     else
-      flash.now[:error] = I18n.t 'aspect_memberships.destroy.failure'
+      flash.now[:error] = I18n.t "aspect_memberships.destroy.failure"
     end
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.json do
         if success
-          render :json => AspectMembershipPresenter.new(membership).base_hash
+          render json: AspectMembershipPresenter.new(membership).base_hash
         else
-          render :text => membership.errors.full_messages, :status => 403
+          render text: membership.errors.full_messages, status: 403
         end
       end
 
@@ -46,37 +46,36 @@ class AspectMembershipsController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     @person = Person.find(params[:person_id])
-    @aspect = current_user.aspects.where(:id => params[:aspect_id]).first
+    @aspect = current_user.aspects.where(id: params[:aspect_id]).first
 
     @contact = current_user.share_with(@person, @aspect)
 
     if @contact.present?
-      flash.now[:notice] =  I18n.t('aspects.add_to_aspect.success')
+      flash.now[:notice] = I18n.t("aspects.add_to_aspect.success")
       respond_with do |format|
         format.json do
-          render :json => AspectMembershipPresenter.new(
-            AspectMembership.where(:contact_id => @contact.id, :aspect_id => @aspect.id).first)
+          render json: AspectMembershipPresenter.new(
+            AspectMembership.where(contact_id: @contact.id, aspect_id: @aspect.id).first)
           .base_hash
         end
 
         format.all { redirect_to :back }
       end
     else
-      flash.now[:error] = I18n.t('contacts.create.failure')
-      render :nothing => true, :status => 409
+      flash.now[:error] = I18n.t("contacts.create.failure")
+      render nothing: true, status: 409
     end
   end
 
   rescue_from ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid do
-    render :text => "Duplicate record rejected.", :status => 400
+    render text: I18n.t("aspect_memberships.destroy.invalid_statement"), status: 400
   end
 
   rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
-    render :text => I18n.t('aspect_memberships.destroy.no_membership'), :status => 404
+    render text: I18n.t("aspect_memberships.destroy.no_membership"), status: 404
   end
 
   rescue_from Diaspora::NotMine do
-    render :text => "You are not allowed to do that.", :status => 403
+    render text: I18n.t("aspect_memberships.destroy.forbidden"), status: 403
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/invitation_codes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/invitation_codes_controller.rb
index 896514739..cefac3b5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/invitation_codes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/invitation_codes_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class InvitationCodesController < ApplicationController
   before_action :ensure_valid_invite_code
 
   rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound do
-    redirect_to root_url, :notice => "That invite code is no longer valid"
+    redirect_to root_url, :notice => I18n.t('invitation_codes.not_valid')
   end
 
   def show 
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 38bf204bc..87fef27a6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   rescue_from Diaspora::NotMine do
-    render text: "You are not allowed to do that", status: 403
+    render text: I18n.t("posts.show.forbidden"), status: 403
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 26061892a..cbad80c43 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ en:
       success: "Successfully removed person from aspect."
       failure: "Failed to remove person from aspect."
       no_membership: "Could not find the selected person in that aspect."
+      forbidden: "You are not allowed to do that."
+      invalid_statement: "Duplicate record rejected."
 
   bookmarklet:
     heading: "Bookmarklet"
@@ -594,6 +596,8 @@ en:
 
   invitation_codes:
     excited: "%{name} is excited to see you here."
+    not_valid: "That invite code is no longer valid"
+    
   invitations:
     create:
       sent: "Invitations have been sent to: %{emails}"
@@ -1028,6 +1032,7 @@ en:
       destroy: "Delete"
       permalink: "Permalink"
       not_found: "Sorry, we couldn’t find that post."
+      forbidden: "You are not allowed to do that"
       photos_by:
         zero: "No photos by %{author}"
         one: "One photo by %{author}"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
index abdae8de8..848560381 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 #   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-require 'spec_helper'
+require "spec_helper"
 
-describe AspectMembershipsController, :type => :controller do
+describe AspectMembershipsController, type: :controller do
   before do
     @aspect0  = alice.aspects.first
-    @aspect1  = alice.aspects.create(:name => "another aspect")
+    @aspect1  = alice.aspects.create(name: "another aspect")
     @aspect2  = bob.aspects.first
 
     @contact = alice.contact_for(bob.person)
@@ -15,68 +15,54 @@ describe AspectMembershipsController, :type => :controller do
     alice.save
     sign_in :user, alice
     allow(@controller).to receive(:current_user).and_return(alice)
-    request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = 'http://' + request.host
+    request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = "http://" + request.host
   end
 
-  describe '#create' do
+  describe "#create" do
     before do
       @person = eve.person
     end
 
-    it 'succeeds' do
-      post :create,
-        :format => :json,
-        :person_id => bob.person.id,
-        :aspect_id => @aspect1.id
+    it "succeeds" do
+      post :create, format: :json, person_id: bob.person.id, aspect_id: @aspect1.id
       expect(response).to be_success
     end
 
-    it 'creates an aspect membership' do
+    it "creates an aspect membership" do
       expect {
-        post :create,
-          :format => :json,
-          :person_id => bob.person.id,
-          :aspect_id => @aspect1.id
-      }.to change{
+        post :create, format: :json, person_id: bob.person.id, aspect_id: @aspect1.id
+      }.to change {
         alice.contact_for(bob.person).aspect_memberships.count
       }.by(1)
     end
 
-    it 'creates a contact' do
-      #argggg why?
+    it "creates a contact" do
+      # argggg why?
       alice.contacts.reload
       expect {
-        post :create,
-          :format => :json,
-          :person_id => @person.id,
-          :aspect_id => @aspect0.id
-      }.to change{
+        post :create, format: :json, person_id: @person.id, aspect_id: @aspect0.id
+      }.to change {
         alice.contacts.size
       }.by(1)
     end
 
-    it 'failure flashes error' do
+    it "failure flashes error" do
       expect(alice).to receive(:share_with).and_return(nil)
-      post :create,
-        :format => :json,
-        :person_id => @person.id,
-        :aspect_id => @aspect0.id
+      post :create, format: :json, person_id: @person.id, aspect_id: @aspect0.id
       expect(flash[:error]).not_to be_blank
     end
 
-    it 'does not 500 on a duplicate key error' do
-      params = {:format => :json, :person_id => @person.id, :aspect_id => @aspect0.id}
+    it "does not 500 on a duplicate key error" do
+      params = {format: :json, person_id: @person.id, aspect_id: @aspect0.id}
       post :create, params
       post :create, params
       expect(response.status).to eq(400)
+      expect(response.body).to include(I18n.t("aspect_memberships.destroy.invalid_statement"))
     end
 
-    context 'json' do
-      it 'returns the aspect membership' do
-        post :create,
-        :format => :json,
-        :person_id => @person.id,
-        :aspect_id => @aspect0.id
+    context "json" do
+      it "returns the aspect membership" do
+        post :create, format: :json, person_id: @person.id, aspect_id: @aspect0.id
 
         contact = @controller.current_user.contact_for(@person)
         expect(response.body).to eq(AspectMembershipPresenter.new(contact.aspect_memberships.first).base_hash.to_json)
@@ -85,26 +71,26 @@ describe AspectMembershipsController, :type => :controller do
   end
 
   describe "#destroy" do
-    it 'removes contacts from an aspect' do
+    it "removes contacts from an aspect" do
       membership = alice.add_contact_to_aspect(@contact, @aspect1)
-      delete :destroy, :format => :json, :id => membership.id
+      delete :destroy, format: :json, id: membership.id
       expect(response).to be_success
       @aspect1.reload
       expect(@aspect1.contacts.to_a).not_to include @contact
     end
 
-    it 'does not 500 on an html request' do
+    it "does not 500 on an html request" do
       membership = alice.add_contact_to_aspect(@contact, @aspect1)
-      delete :destroy, :id => membership.id
+      delete :destroy, id: membership.id
       expect(response).to redirect_to :back
       @aspect1.reload
       expect(@aspect1.contacts.to_a).not_to include @contact
     end
 
-    it 'aspect membership does not exist' do
-      delete :destroy, :format => :json, :id => 123
+    it "aspect membership does not exist" do
+      delete :destroy, format: :json, id: 123
       expect(response).not_to be_success
-      expect(response.body).to include "Could not find the selected person in that aspect"
+      expect(response.body).to include I18n.t("aspect_memberships.destroy.no_membership")
     end
   end
 end