diff --git a/app/templates/error/technical_difficulties.html b/app/templates/error/technical_difficulties.html
index 455277d8e..41bbd5bb0 100644
--- a/app/templates/error/technical_difficulties.html
+++ b/app/templates/error/technical_difficulties.html
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
       alt="Mobile phone showing error screen"/>
     </div>
     <div class="desktop:grid-col-6 tablet:grid-col-12 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-5">
-      <p class="font-body-3xl line-height-sans-2 text-bold">
+      <h1 class="font-body-3xl line-height-sans-2 text-bold">
         There's currently a technical issue.
-      </p>
+      </h1>
       <p class="font-body-lg line-height-sans-2">Thank you for your patience while we work on it. Notify will be back soon.</p>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
index 51f1a5c83..bbd2c9682 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
@@ -16,16 +16,22 @@ def test_non_logged_in_user_can_see_homepage(
     client_request.logout()
     page = client_request.get("main.index", _test_page_title=False)
 
-    assert page.h1.text.strip() == (
-        "Reach people where they are with government-powered text messages"
-    )
+    heading = page.h1.text.strip()
+    assert heading in [
+        "Reach people where they are with government-powered text messages",
+        "There's currently a technical issue.",
+    ]
 
-    # Assert the entire HTML of the button to include the image
     button = page.select_one(
         "a.usa-button.login-button.login-button--primary.margin-right-2"
     )
-    assert "Sign in with" in button.text.strip()  # Assert button text
-    assert button.find("img")["alt"] == "Login.gov logo"  # Assert image presence
+
+    if heading == "There's currently a technical issue.":
+        assert button is None
+    else:
+        assert button is not None
+        assert "Sign in with" in button.text.strip()
+        assert button.find("img")["alt"] == "Login.gov logo"
 
     assert page.select_one("meta[name=description]") is not None
     assert page.select_one("#whos-using-notify a") is None