diff --git a/src/steamos-devkit-service.py b/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
index 222d82bced6e69f2cb142de15d5e79c9e22174f5..383205ece831ecf08be59af26d6c43ea0f1a2eb3 100644
--- a/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
+++ b/src/steamos-devkit-service.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class DevkitHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             if "error" in approve_object:
                 self._send_headers(403, "text/plain")
                 self.wfile.write("approve-ssh-key:\n".encode())
-                self.wfile.write(approve_object["error"].encode())
+                self.wfile.write(approve_output.encode())
                 os.unlink(filename)
                 return