diff --git a/lib/page.php b/lib/page.php
index 497f4d8..75dd592 100644
--- a/lib/page.php
+++ b/lib/page.php
@@ -97,13 +97,14 @@ function getPage($page_name = null): array|false|string
             $page_tmp = file_get_contents($routerConfig["template_dir"] . "403.html");
             $pageMetadata = parsePageTag($page_tmp);
             $page = $pageMetadata["output"];
-            if(!is_string($page)){
-                $page = "";
-            }
             http_response_code(403);
         }
     }
 
+    if(!is_string($page)){
+        $page = "";
+    }
+
     if(!empty($pageMetadata["parameters"]["page_title"])){
         $page_title = $pageMetadata["parameters"]["page_title"];
     }