diff --git a/src/creds/shibboleth/shibbolethuserjob.cpp b/src/creds/shibboleth/shibbolethuserjob.cpp
index 56be57b45b..d64fd26ec2 100644
--- a/src/creds/shibboleth/shibbolethuserjob.cpp
+++ b/src/creds/shibboleth/shibbolethuserjob.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void ShibbolethUserJob::start()
     QNetworkRequest req;
     req.setRawHeader("OCS-APIREQUEST", "true");
     QUrl url = Account::concatUrlPath(account()->url(), path());
-    url.setQuery("format=json");
+    url.setQueryItems(QList<QPair<QString, QString> >() << qMakePair(QString::fromLatin1("format"), QString::fromLatin1("json")));
     setReply(davRequest("GET", url, req));
     setupConnections(reply());
     AbstractNetworkJob::start();
diff --git a/src/creds/shibbolethcredentials.cpp b/src/creds/shibbolethcredentials.cpp
index 96ac753ee6..57ea98660a 100644
--- a/src/creds/shibbolethcredentials.cpp
+++ b/src/creds/shibbolethcredentials.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void ShibbolethCredentials::slotUserFetched(const QString &user)
         _user = user;
     } else if (user != _user) {
         qDebug() << "Wrong user: " << user << "!=" << _user;
-        QMessageBox::warning(_browser, tr("Login Error"), tr("You must log with user %1").arg(_user));
+        QMessageBox::warning(_browser, tr("Login Error"), tr("You must sign in as user %1").arg(_user));
         invalidateToken(job->account());
         showLoginWindow(job->account());
         return;