diff --git a/controllers/auth.js b/controllers/auth.js
index 0f241a320..4ac3d682b 100644
--- a/controllers/auth.js
+++ b/controllers/auth.js
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ exports.preauth = function (aReq, aRes, aNext) {
 
 };
 
+exports.errauth = function (aErr, aReq, aRes, aNext) {
+  if (aErr) {
+    console.error(aErr.status, aErr.message);
+    aRes.redirect(302, '/login?authfail');
+  } else {
+    aNext();
+  }
+}
+
 exports.auth = function (aReq, aRes, aNext) {
   function auth() {
     var authenticate = null;
diff --git a/routes.js b/routes.js
index 3d26c5355..bbebd8aa1 100644
--- a/routes.js
+++ b/routes.js
@@ -124,14 +124,10 @@ module.exports = function (aApp) {
 
   //--- Routes
   // Authentication routes
-  aApp.route('/auth/').post(authentication.preauth, hcaptcha.middleware.validate(SECRET, SITEKEY),
-    function (aErr, aReq, aRes, aNext) {
-      if (aErr) {
-        aRes.redirect(302, '/login?authfail');
-      } else {
-        aNext();
-      }
-  }, authentication.auth);
+  aApp.route('/auth/').post(authentication.preauth,
+    hcaptcha.middleware.validate(SECRET, SITEKEY),
+      authentication.errauth,
+        authentication.auth);
 
   aApp.route('/auth/:strategy').get(authentication.auth);
   aApp.route('/auth/:strategy/callback/:junk?').get(authentication.callback);