diff --git a/common/phrases/phrases.go b/common/phrases/phrases.go
index f8e502de..39a808ba 100644
--- a/common/phrases/phrases.go
+++ b/common/phrases/phrases.go
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ type LanguagePack struct {
 	UserAgents          map[string]string
 	OperatingSystems    map[string]string
 	HumanLanguages      map[string]string
-	Errors              map[string]string
+	Errors              map[string]string // Temp stand-in
+	ErrorsBytes         map[string][]byte
 	NoticePhrases       map[string]string
 	PageTitles          map[string]string
 	TmplPhrases         map[string]string
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ func InitPhrases(lang string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		langPack.ErrorsBytes = make(map[string][]byte)
+		for name, phrase := range langPack.Errors {
+			langPack.ErrorsBytes[name] = []byte(phrase)
+		}
+
 		// [prefix][name]phrase
 		langPack.TmplPhrasesPrefixes = make(map[string]map[string]string)
 		for name, phrase := range langPack.TmplPhrases {
@@ -222,6 +228,13 @@ func GetErrorPhrase(name string) string {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+func GetErrorPhraseBytes(name string) []byte {
+	res, ok := currentLangPack.Load().(*LanguagePack).ErrorsBytes[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return getPlaceholderBytes("error", name)
+	}
+	return res
+}
 
 func GetNoticePhrase(name string) string {
 	res, ok := currentLangPack.Load().(*LanguagePack).NoticePhrases[name]
@@ -275,6 +288,9 @@ func GetTmplPhrasesByPrefix(prefix string) (phrases map[string]string, ok bool)
 func getPlaceholder(prefix string, suffix string) string {
 	return "{lang." + prefix + "[" + suffix + "]}"
 }
+func getPlaceholderBytes(prefix string, suffix string) []byte {
+	return []byte("{lang." + prefix + "[" + suffix + "]}")
+}
 
 // Please don't mutate *LanguagePack
 func GetCurrentLangPack() *LanguagePack {
diff --git a/templates/topic_alt.html b/templates/topic_alt.html
index 87d2722f..eb985fcf 100644
--- a/templates/topic_alt.html
+++ b/templates/topic_alt.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="content_container">
 			<div class="hide_on_edit topic_content user_content" itemprop="text">{{.Topic.ContentHTML}}</div>
-			<textarea name="topic_content" class="show_on_edit topic_content_input">{{.Topic.Content}}</textarea>
+			{{if .CurrentUser.Loggedin}}{{if .CurrentUser.Perms.EditTopic}}<textarea name="topic_content" class="show_on_edit topic_content_input">{{.Topic.Content}}</textarea>{{end}}{{end}}
 			<div class="controls button_container{{if .Topic.LikeCount}} has_likes{{end}}">
 				<div class="action_button_left">
 				{{if .CurrentUser.Loggedin}}