diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 64ed88c7..a461e1c1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       # obligatory '2001: A Space Odyssey' reference
       flash[:notice] = t("user.sessions.create.banned", name:)
       current_ban = current_user.bans.current.first
-      unless current_ban&.reason.nil?
+      unless current_ban&.reason.empty?
         flash[:notice] += "\n#{t('user.sessions.create.reason', reason: current_ban.reason)}"
       end
-      unless current_ban&.permanent?
+
+      if current_ban&.permanent?
+        flash[:notice] += "\n#{t('user.sessions.create.permanent')}"
+      else
         # TODO format banned_until
         flash[:notice] += "\n#{t('user.sessions.create.until', time: current_ban.expires_at)}"
       end
diff --git a/config/locales/controllers.en.yml b/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
index a47878c0..3287e6fe 100644
--- a/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/controllers.en.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ en:
     sessions:
       create:
         banned: "I'm sorry, %{name}, I'm afraid I can't do that."
+        permanent: "You are banned permanently."
         reason: "Ban reason: %{reason}"
         until: "Banned until: %{time}"
       info: