diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
index 534aba896..c32df7e78 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ids.cgi
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ if ($cgiparams{'RULESET'} eq $Lang::tr{'save'}) {
 	unless (%idsrules) {
 		# Check if the red device is active.
 		unless (-e "${General::swroot}/red/active") {
-			$errormessage = $Lang::tr{'could not download latest updates'};
+			$errormessage = "$Lang::tr{'could not download latest updates'} - $Lang::tr{'system is offline'}";
 		}
 
 		# Check if enought free disk space is availabe.
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ if ($cgiparams{'RULESET'} eq $Lang::tr{'save'}) {
 } elsif ($cgiparams{'RULESET'} eq $Lang::tr{'update ruleset'}) {
 	# Check if the red device is active.
 	unless (-e "${General::swroot}/red/active") {
-		$errormessage = $Lang::tr{'could not download latest updates'};
+		$errormessage = "$Lang::tr{'could not download latest updates'} - $Lang::tr{'system is offline'}";
 	}
 
 	# Check if enought free disk space is availabe.
diff --git a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
index 96dff8167..5a7d3af03 100644
--- a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
+++ b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
@@ -2263,6 +2263,7 @@
 'system has hwrng' => 'This system has a hardware random number generator.',
 'system has rdrand' => 'This system has support for Intel(R) RDRAND.',
 'system information' => 'System Information',
+'system is offline' => 'The system is offline.',
 'system log viewer' => 'System Log Viewer',
 'system logs' => 'System Logs',
 'system status information' => 'System Status Information',