diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6854d4a..fe054f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	go.cryptoscope.co/muxrpc/v2 v2.0.0-20210202162901-fe642d405dc6
 	go.cryptoscope.co/netwrap v0.1.1
 	go.cryptoscope.co/secretstream v1.2.2
-	go.mindeco.de v1.7.3-0.20210216124941-2da08c6b0080
+	go.mindeco.de v1.8.0
 	go.mindeco.de/ssb-refs v0.1.1-0.20210108133850-cf1f44fea870
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d143d60..bba283d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ go.mindeco.de v1.7.2 h1:nuiz9ZJbRx+HHIobKi/J8rSE4A3cf8KArzQsjlF6f1o=
 go.mindeco.de v1.7.2/go.mod h1:ePOcyktbpqzhMPRBDv2gUaDd3h8QtT+DUU1DK+VbQZE=
 go.mindeco.de v1.7.3-0.20210216124941-2da08c6b0080 h1:wbrGjnr0dZetkGZURd9RhsXhYW0MC3cwovcy3kXXeKw=
 go.mindeco.de v1.7.3-0.20210216124941-2da08c6b0080/go.mod h1:ePOcyktbpqzhMPRBDv2gUaDd3h8QtT+DUU1DK+VbQZE=
+go.mindeco.de v1.8.0 h1:Vxob3XaDz85aD4wq8VbQxtradpHbmjciG2eSJLGaFV0=
+go.mindeco.de v1.8.0/go.mod h1:ePOcyktbpqzhMPRBDv2gUaDd3h8QtT+DUU1DK+VbQZE=
 go.mindeco.de/ssb-refs v0.1.1-0.20210108133850-cf1f44fea870 h1:TCI3AefMAaOYECvppn30+CfEB0Fn8IES1SKvvacc3/c=
 go.mindeco.de/ssb-refs v0.1.1-0.20210108133850-cf1f44fea870/go.mod h1:OnBnV02ux4lLsZ39LID6yYLqSDp+dqTHb/3miYPkQFs=
 go.opencensus.io v0.20.1/go.mod h1:6WKK9ahsWS3RSO+PY9ZHZUfv2irvY6gN279GOPZjmmk=
diff --git a/web/handlers/admin/app_test.go b/web/handlers/admin/app_test.go
index 290974e..d5d3205 100644
--- a/web/handlers/admin/app_test.go
+++ b/web/handlers/admin/app_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func newSession(t *testing.T) *testSession {
 		render.SetLogger(log),
 		render.BaseTemplates("base.tmpl"),
 		render.AddTemplates(append(HTMLTemplates, "error.tmpl")...),
+		render.ErrorTemplate("error.tmpl"),
 		render.FuncMap(testFuncs),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/web/handlers/http.go b/web/handlers/http.go
index 187b108..419a448 100644
--- a/web/handlers/http.go
+++ b/web/handlers/http.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func New(
 			roomsAuth.HTMLTemplates,
 			admin.HTMLTemplates,
 		)...),
+		render.ErrorTemplate("error.tmpl"),
 		render.FuncMap(web.TemplateFuncs(m)),
 		// TODO: move these to the i18n helper pkg
 		render.InjectTemplateFunc("i18npl", func(r *http.Request) interface{} {
diff --git a/web/handlers/news/app_test.go b/web/handlers/news/app_test.go
index 8e71e9b..ac7a243 100644
--- a/web/handlers/news/app_test.go
+++ b/web/handlers/news/app_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func newSession(t *testing.T) *testSession {
 		render.SetLogger(log),
 		render.BaseTemplates("base.tmpl"),
 		render.AddTemplates(append(HTMLTemplates, "error.tmpl")...),
+		render.ErrorTemplate("error.tmpl"),
 		render.FuncMap(testFuncs),
 	)
 	if err != nil {