diff --git a/settings/js/personal.js b/settings/js/personal.js
index aef67f719c0b07b3ab21e1bb63dd739ac2908b83..c2cb437bd13a80776ede39a3fe7f3432b34bbd26 100644
--- a/settings/js/personal.js
+++ b/settings/js/personal.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function changeEmailAddress () {
 		//              for failure the first parameter is the result object
 		OC.msg.finishedSaving('#lostpassword .msg', result);
 	}).fail(function(result){
-		OC.msg.finishedSaving('#lostpassword .msg', result.responseJSON);
+		OC.msg.finishedError('#lostpassword .msg', result.responseJSON.message);
 	});
 }