diff --git a/controllers/forms.js b/controllers/forms.js
index 046f30b3..62ada4c9 100644
--- a/controllers/forms.js
+++ b/controllers/forms.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ router.post('/deletesessions', useSession, sessionRefresh, csrf, calcPerms, isLo
 //removes captcha cookie, for refreshing for noscript users
 router.post('/newcaptcha', newCaptchaForm);
 //solve captcha for block bypass
-router.post('/blockbypass', geoIp, processIp, useSession, sessionRefresh, calcPerms, verifyCaptcha, setQueryLanguage, blockBypassForm);
+router.post('/blockbypass', geoIp, processIp, useSession, sessionRefresh, calcPerms, setQueryLanguage, verifyCaptcha, blockBypassForm);
 
 module.exports = router;
 
diff --git a/gulp/res/js/forms.js b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
index d86b0b05..30eb045f 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/forms.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ class postFormHandler {
 					} else {
 
 						//not a 200 so probably error
-						if (!this.captchaField && json.message === 'Incorrect captcha answer') {
+						if (!this.captchaField && json.message === __('Incorrect captcha answer')) {
 							/* add missing captcha field if we got an error about it and the form has no captcha field
 								(must have been enabeld after we loaded the page) */
 							captchaController.addMissingCaptcha();
 							this.captchaField = true;
-						} else if (json.message === 'Captcha expired') {
+						} else if (json.message === __('Captcha expired')) {
 							//if captcha is expired, just refresh the captcha
 							const captcha = this.form.querySelector('.captcharefresh');
 							if (captcha) {