diff --git a/website/common/templates/500.html b/website/common/templates/500.html
index 74beed6..416c4c7 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/500.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/500.html
@@ -4,9 +4,27 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>Internal server error</title>
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <style>
+      html, body {
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: center;
+        align-items: center;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        font-family: sans-serif;
+        background-color: #e85537;
+        color: white;
+      }
+
+      a, a:hover {
+        color: inherit;
+      }
+    </style>
   </head>
   <body>
     <h1>Internal server error</h1>
-    <h2>Sorry, there seems to be an error. Please try again soon.</h2>
+    <p>You found a bug in my code - how dare you!</p>
+    <p><a href="javascript:history.back()">Return to safety &rarr;</a></p>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/website/common/tests/test_views.py b/website/common/tests/test_views.py
index 847b07c..82fdde0 100644
--- a/website/common/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/website/common/tests/test_views.py
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ class Error404PageTestCase(TestCase):
             self.client.get(self.url)
 
 
+class Error500PageTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    url = reverse("500")
+
+    def test_accessible(self) -> None:
+        response = self.client.get(self.url)
+        self.assertContains(
+            response, "<h1>Internal server error</h1>", html=True, status_code=500
+        )
+
+
 class RobotsViewTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
     url = reverse("robotstxt")
 
diff --git a/website/urls.py b/website/urls.py
index faccb1e..a22777a 100644
--- a/website/urls.py
+++ b/website/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import re
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import include, path, re_path
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control, cache_page
+from django.views.defaults import server_error
 from django.views.static import serve
 from wagtail import urls as wagtail_urls
 from wagtail.admin import urls as wagtailadmin_urls
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name="keybase",
     ),
     path("404/", page_not_found, name="404"),
+    path("500/", server_error, name="500"),
     path("feed/", AllPagesFeed(), name="feed"),
     path(".health/", include("health_check.urls")),
     path("", include("website.legacy.urls")),
