Index: src/services/PaidPatreonService.js
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--- src/services/PaidPatreonService.js	(revision dede82e58262792fc792f19d0d44e161753764db)
+++ src/services/PaidPatreonService.js	(revision 21257e41df74e4553f4fb556b7e9fa030bffb2a3)
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@
 // the admin form can be re-saved without re-pasting the secret.
 export function saveOwnerConfig(siteId, patch) {
-  if (!cryptoBoxReady()) throw new Error('PAID_SECRET is not set: cannot store Patreon secrets');
+  if (!cryptoBoxReady()) throw new Error('encryption key unavailable: cannot store Patreon secrets');
   const cur = getOwnerConfig(siteId) || {};
   const merged = {