diff --git a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
index 6b4d7e03..e97ee134 100644
--- a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class InboxController < ApplicationController
                                                   .where(questions: { user_id: @target_user.id, author_is_anonymous: false })
                                                   .count
         if @inbox_author.empty?
-          flash[:info] = "No questions from @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
+          flash.now[:info] = "No questions from @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
           @inbox
           @inbox_count
         else
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class InboxController < ApplicationController
           @inbox_count = @inbox_author_count
         end
       rescue
-        flash[:error] = "No user with the name @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
+        flash.now[:error] = "No user with the name @#{params[:author]} found, showing default entries instead!"
         @inbox
         @inbox_count
       end