diff --git a/local/languages/de.ini b/local/languages/de.ini
index 679f7430b452d013608b89483e7db0916d5536c0..f45c864c302b2233e0b46b8492e2763ccfa29693 100644
--- a/local/languages/de.ini
+++ b/local/languages/de.ini
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ errorcode_empty_member_code = "Es wurde keine Benutzernummer übergeben"
 errorcode_empty_password = "Es wurde kein Passwort übergeben"
 errorcode_member_not_found = "Die Benutzernummer exisitiert nicht"
 errorcode_password_validation_error = "Das übergebene Password ist nicht korrekt"
+errorcode_old_password_validation_error = "Die Kombination aus Benutzernummer und Kennwort ist nicht gültig. Bitte überprüfen Sie Ihre Eingabe."
 errorcode_empty_req_param_error = "Um das Formular erfolgreich zu senden, müssen alle erforderlichen Felder ausgefüllt sein"
 exclude_newspapers = "Ohne Zeitungsartikel"
 export_download = "Datei herunterladen"
diff --git a/local/languages/en.ini b/local/languages/en.ini
index d823454839ce4f9b6c07f8185e224470fac2146d..f326448083263845f5de65f9ee9a00db47c132e6 100644
--- a/local/languages/en.ini
+++ b/local/languages/en.ini
@@ -392,7 +392,9 @@ errorcode_empty_member_code = "Some data was missing. No member number was submi
 errorcode_empty_password = "Some data was missing. No password was submitted"
 errorcode_member_not_found = "The member number does not exist"
 errorcode_password_validation_error = "Your passed password is not correct"
+errorcode_old_password_validation_error = "Invalid combination of username and password, please check your entries."
 errorcode_empty_req_param_error = "All required fields have to be filled to submit successfully the form"
+
 exclude_newspapers = "Exclude Newspaper Articles"
 export_download = "Download File"
 export_exporting = "Creating Export File"
diff --git a/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php b/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
index 3fb3aa87569bd861b9ea8e676bf4ff48e076bdd7..d052e79a181d9f8f227cc5317f55b617e0a60cfd 100644
--- a/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
+++ b/module/finc/src/finc/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ class PAIA extends \VuFind\ILS\Driver\PAIA
             $array_response = $this->paiaPostAsArray(
                 'auth/change', $post_data
             );
+        } catch (AuthException $e) {
+            return [
+                'success' => false,
+                'status' => 'errorcode_old_password_validation_error'
+            ];
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             $this->debug($e->getMessage());
             return [