diff --git a/src/lib/server/contact.test.ts b/src/lib/server/contact.test.ts
index 5761392..454abc7 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/contact.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/contact.test.ts
@@ -132,17 +132,16 @@ describe('turnstile verification', () => {
     expect(r.reason).toContain('invalid-input-response');
   });
 
-  it('allows a submission with no token rather than blocking the form', async () => {
+  it('rejects a submission with no token, without calling the network', async () => {
     let called = false;
     const fetcher = async () => {
       called = true;
       return ok();
     };
-    // A missing token means the widget did not render or was blocked. Failing
-    // closed here would take the contact form down for anyone running a
-    // script blocker.
+    // A bot that never runs JavaScript produces no token at all, so this is
+    // the case that catches the crudest spam.
     const r = await verifyTurnstile('', 'sec', undefined, fetcher as typeof fetch);
-    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
     expect(r.reason).toContain('missing');
     expect(called).toBe(false);
   });
diff --git a/src/lib/server/contact.ts b/src/lib/server/contact.ts
index 1dfd5f1..1a3b945 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/contact.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/contact.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ export async function verifyTurnstile(
   fetcher: typeof fetch,
 ): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }> {
   if (!secret) return { ok: true };
-  // A missing token means the widget never rendered or was blocked, not that
-  // the sender is a bot. Blocking here takes the whole contact form down for
-  // anyone running a script blocker, which is worse than the spam it prevents.
-  // Cloudflare only sees real submissions anyway, and the rate limiter still
-  // applies. Log it so a widget that silently stops working is visible.
-  if (!token) {
-    console.warn('Contact submission had no Turnstile token; allowing it through');
-    return { ok: true, reason: 'missing turnstile token' };
-  }
+  // Rejected on purpose. A bot that does not run JavaScript never produces a
+  // token at all, so letting these through would wave past the crudest and
+  // most common kind of spam. The cost is that anyone whose blocker eats
+  // challenges.cloudflare.com cannot send, which is why the form points them
+  // at another way to reach out.
+  if (!token) return { ok: false, reason: 'missing turnstile token' };
 
   const body = new URLSearchParams({ secret, response: token });
   if (remoteip) body.set('remoteip', remoteip);
diff --git a/src/routes/contact/+page.server.ts b/src/routes/contact/+page.server.ts
index 72964cb..c94e54e 100644
--- a/src/routes/contact/+page.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/contact/+page.server.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export const actions = {
       console.warn('Turnstile rejected a submission:', turnstile.reason);
       return fail(400, {
         success: false,
-        message: 'Could not verify you are human. Please try again.',
+        message:
+          'Could not verify you are human. Reload the page and try again, or if you block scripts, reach me on one of the links below.',
       });
     }