diff --git a/app/controllers/v0/forwarding_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v0/forwarding_controller.rb
index b1344222..895aa521 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v0/forwarding_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v0/forwarding_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def authorize
       username = params[:username]
       token = topic && get_forwarding_token(topic)
       authorized = token && username && User.forwarding_subscription_authorized?(token, username)
-      render json: { result: authorized ? "allow" : "ignore" }
+      render json: { result: authorized ? "allow" : "deny" }
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/spec/requests/v0/forwarding_spec.rb b/spec/requests/v0/forwarding_spec.rb
index 5a06bd69..851e926d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/v0/forwarding_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/v0/forwarding_spec.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     it "does not authorize the subscription" do
       r = api_get "/forward", params
       expect(response.status).to eq(200)
-      expect(r["result"]).to eq("ignore")
+      expect(r["result"]).to eq("deny")
     end
   end