diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/Client/Servers/WebsocketController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/Client/Servers/WebsocketController.php
index b3ddaae96..1de41b08e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/Client/Servers/WebsocketController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/Client/Servers/WebsocketController.php
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Controllers\Api\Client\Servers;
 
 use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
-use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Permission;
 use Pterodactyl\Services\Nodes\NodeJWTService;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
+use Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Http\HttpForbiddenException;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Api\Client\ClientApiRequest;
 use Pterodactyl\Services\Servers\GetUserPermissionsService;
 use Pterodactyl\Http\Controllers\Api\Client\ClientApiController;
@@ -55,26 +54,22 @@ class WebsocketController extends ClientApiController
     {
         $user = $request->user();
         if ($user->cannot(Permission::ACTION_WEBSOCKET_CONNECT, $server)) {
-            throw new HttpException(Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN, 'You do not have permission to connect to this server\'s websocket.');
+            throw new HttpForbiddenException('You do not have permission to connect to this server\'s websocket.');
         }
 
         $permissions = $this->permissionsService->handle($server, $user);
 
-        $node = null;
+        $node = $server->node;
         if (! is_null($server->transfer)) {
             // Check if the user has permissions to receive transfer logs.
             if (! in_array('admin.websocket.transfer', $permissions)) {
-                throw new HttpException(Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN, 'You do not have permission to view transfer logs');
+                throw new HttpForbiddenException('You do not have permission to view server transfer logs.');
             }
 
             // Redirect the websocket request to the new node if the server has been archived.
             if ($server->transfer->archived) {
                 $node = $server->transfer->newNode;
-            } else {
-                $node = $server->node;
             }
-        } else {
-            $node = $server->node;
         }
 
         $token = $this->jwtService