diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index f218a16db..6f0755e4c 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1907,9 +1907,8 @@
         innerHTML: html
       });
       if ($('title', doc).textContent === '4chan - Banned') {
-        QR.status({
-          ready: true,
-          banned: true
+        QR.message.receive({
+          req: 'banned'
         });
         return;
       }
@@ -1995,6 +1994,16 @@
             return QR.response(data.html);
           case 'status':
             return QR.status(data);
+          case 'banned':
+            QR.error('You are banned.', $.el('a', {
+              href: 'http://www.4chan.org/banned',
+              target: '_blank',
+              textContent: 'You are banned.'
+            }));
+            return QR.status({
+              ready: true,
+              banned: true
+            });
           default:
             return QR.message.post(data);
         }
@@ -2063,9 +2072,7 @@
           },
           onerror: function() {
             return QR.message.send({
-              req: 'status',
-              ready: true,
-              banned: true
+              req: 'banned'
             });
           }
         };
@@ -3816,9 +3823,7 @@
         case 'www.4chan.org':
           if (path === '/banned') {
             QR.message.send({
-              req: 'status',
-              ready: true,
-              banned: true
+              req: 'banned'
             });
           }
           return;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 8beb6d587..6465891f6 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ QR =
     doc = $.el 'a', innerHTML: html
     # Check for ban.
     if $('title', doc).textContent is '4chan - Banned'
-      QR.status ready: true, banned: true
+      QR.message.receive req: 'banned'
       return
     unless b = $ 'td b', doc
       err = 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.'
@@ -1676,6 +1676,13 @@ QR =
           QR.response data.html
         when 'status'
           QR.status data
+        when 'banned'
+          QR.error 'You are banned.', $.el 'a',
+            href: 'http://www.4chan.org/banned'
+            target: '_blank'
+            textContent: 'You are banned.'
+          # Disable iframe reloading
+          QR.status ready: true, banned: true
         else
           QR.message.post data # Reply object: we're posting
 
@@ -1736,7 +1743,7 @@ QR =
             html: @response
         onerror: ->
           # CORS disabled error: redirecting to banned page ;_;
-          QR.message.send req: 'status', ready: true, banned: true
+          QR.message.send req: 'banned'
       opts =
         form: form
         type: 'post'
@@ -3166,7 +3173,7 @@ Main =
         return
       when 'www.4chan.org'
         if path is '/banned'
-          QR.message.send req: 'status', ready: true, banned: true
+          QR.message.send req: 'banned'
         return
       when 'images.4chan.org'
         $.ready -> Redirect.init() if d.title is '4chan - 404'