diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 291adbe46..6d0edfab0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
         fmt.xml  { render template: "static/error", status: 501 }
       end
     else
-      render :template => "static/error", :status => 500, :layout => "blank"
+      render template: "static/error", status: 500
     end
   end