diff --git a/app/handler/auth.go b/app/handler/auth.go
index e6c67c5..ee49fa1 100644
--- a/app/handler/auth.go
+++ b/app/handler/auth.go
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ func AuthSignUpPageHandler(ctx *golf.Context) {
 	if userNum == 0 {
 		ctx.Loader("admin").Render("signup.html", make(map[string]interface{}))
 	} else {
-		ctx.Abort(404)
+		ctx.Loader("default").Render("error_msg.html", map[string]interface{}{
+			"Reason": "New user accounts cannot be created for this blog at this time.",
+		})
+		// ctx.Abort(404)
 		return
 	}
 }
diff --git a/app/handler/init.go b/app/handler/init.go
index 8ec9676..47c7b0f 100644
--- a/app/handler/init.go
+++ b/app/handler/init.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func Initialize(app *golf.Application) *golf.Application {
 	theme := model.GetSettingValue("theme")
 	app.View.SetTemplateLoader("base", "view")
 	app.View.SetTemplateLoader("admin", filepath.Join("view", "admin"))
+	app.View.SetTemplateLoader("default", filepath.Join("view", "default"))
 	app.View.SetTemplateLoader("theme", filepath.Join("view", theme))
 	//      static_dir, _ := app.Config.GetString("app/static_dir", "static")
 	app.Static("/upload/", upload_dir)
diff --git a/view/default/error_msg.html b/view/default/error_msg.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e60af2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/default/error_msg.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{ extends "/default.html" }}
+
+{{ define "content"}}
+<div id="content">
+  <div id="article-container" class="clear container960">
+    <section id="main">
+      <article class="article article-type-page" itemscope="" itemprop="blogPost">
+
+        <div class="article-inner">
+          <header class="article-header">
+            <h1 class="article-title" itemprop="name">
+              Oops! An error occurred:
+            </h1>
+          </header>
+          <div class="article-entry" itemprop="articleBody">
+            <p>{{ .Reason }}</p>
+            <p>You can return to our homepage by clicking <a href="/">here</a>.</p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </article>
+
+    </section>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{{end}}