diff --git a/internal/handlers/login.go b/internal/handlers/login.go
index 232ba7e..b9ed8a0 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/login.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/login.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ory/hydra-client-go/client/admin"
 	"github.com/ory/hydra-client-go/models"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/yuin/goldmark"
 
 	"code.cacert.org/cacert/oidc_idp/ui"
 
@@ -330,23 +329,13 @@ func (h *LoginHandler) renderNoEmailsInClientCertificate(w http.ResponseWriter,
 }
 
 func (h *LoginHandler) renderNoChallengeInRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, localizer *i18n.Localizer) {
-	trans := func(label string) string {
-		return h.messageCatalog.LookupMessage(label, nil, localizer)
-	}
-
-	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-
-	err := goldmark.Convert([]byte(trans("NoChallengeInRequestExplanation")), buf)
-	if err != nil {
-		h.logger.WithError(err).Error("markdown conversion failed")
-		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = h.templates[NoChallengeInRequest].Lookup("base").Execute(w, map[string]interface{}{
-		"Title":       trans("NoChallengeInRequestTitle"),
-		"Explanation": template.HTML(buf.String()), //nolint:gosec
+	err := h.templates[NoChallengeInRequest].Lookup("base").Execute(w, map[string]interface{}{
+		"Title": h.messageCatalog.LookupMessage("NoChallengeInRequestTitle", nil, localizer),
+		"Explanation": template.HTML(h.messageCatalog.LookupMarkdownMessage( //nolint:gosec
+			"NoChallengeInRequestExplanation",
+			nil,
+			localizer,
+		)),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logger.WithError(err).Error("template rendering failed")
diff --git a/internal/services/i18n.go b/internal/services/i18n.go
index 8c33cf2..c3d2a3d 100644
--- a/internal/services/i18n.go
+++ b/internal/services/i18n.go
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package services
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark"
 
 	"code.cacert.org/cacert/oidc_idp/translations"
 
@@ -195,6 +197,35 @@ func (m *MessageCatalog) LookupMessage(
 	return id
 }
 
+func (m *MessageCatalog) LookupMarkdownMessage(
+	id string,
+	templateData map[string]interface{},
+	localizer *i18n.Localizer,
+) string {
+	if message, ok := m.messages[id]; ok {
+		translation, err := localizer.Localize(&i18n.LocalizeConfig{
+			DefaultMessage: message,
+			TemplateData:   templateData,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return m.handleLocalizeError(id, translation, err)
+		}
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+		err = goldmark.Convert([]byte(translation), buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return m.handleLocalizeError(id, translation, fmt.Errorf("markdown conversion error: %w", err))
+		}
+
+		return buf.String()
+	}
+
+	m.logger.Warnf("no translation found for %s", id)
+
+	return id
+}
+
 func (m *MessageCatalog) LookupMessagePlural(
 	id string,
 	templateData map[string]interface{},
@@ -223,13 +254,13 @@ func (m *MessageCatalog) handleLocalizeError(id string, translation string, err
 	var messageNotFound *i18n.MessageNotFoundErr
 
 	if errors.As(err, &messageNotFound) {
-		m.logger.Warnf("message %s not found: %v", id, err)
+		m.logger.WithError(err).WithField("message", id).Warn("message not found")
 
 		if translation != "" {
 			return translation
 		}
 	} else {
-		m.logger.Error(err)
+		m.logger.WithError(err).WithField("message", id).Error("translation error")
 	}
 
 	return id