diff --git a/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onAfterRenderHtml.ts b/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onAfterRenderHtml.ts
index acc223a..9af2a2e 100644
--- a/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onAfterRenderHtml.ts
+++ b/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onAfterRenderHtml.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { PageContextServer } from "vike/types";
-import { render } from "vike/abort";
 
 export default function wrappedOnAfterRenderHtml(
   pageContext: PageContextServer
@@ -9,8 +8,7 @@ export default function wrappedOnAfterRenderHtml(
     !pageContext._wrappedServerOnly.renderedBody
   ) {
     // We set wrapped serverOnly but we never rendered the body
-    throw render(
-      500,
+    throw new Error(
       "proxied-body not found in DOM after SSR. This likely means the Layout threw during SSR (e.g. accessing `window` or `document`). Fix the SSR error in your Layout component."
     );
   }