diff --git a/website/registrations/forms.py b/website/registrations/forms.py
index e3602906c..792ee57a8 100644
--- a/website/registrations/forms.py
+++ b/website/registrations/forms.py
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ def clean(self):
         if (
             self.cleaned_data["member"].latest_membership
             and self.cleaned_data["member"].latest_membership.study_long
+            and self.cleaned_data["membership_type"] != Membership.BENEFACTOR
         ):
             raise ValidationError("It's not possible to renew a study long membership.")
 
diff --git a/website/registrations/services.py b/website/registrations/services.py
index 783515b64..7d539af1c 100644
--- a/website/registrations/services.py
+++ b/website/registrations/services.py
@@ -254,12 +254,12 @@ def complete_renewal(renewal: Renewal):
 
     latest_membership = member.latest_membership
     current_membership = member.current_membership
-    if (latest_membership and latest_membership.study_long) or (
-        current_membership
-        and (current_membership.study_long or current_membership.until is None)
-        and not renewal.membership_type == Membership.BENEFACTOR
-    ):
-        raise ValueError("This member already has a never ending membership")
+    if (
+        latest_membership
+        and latest_membership.study_long
+        and renewal.membership_type != Membership.BENEFACTOR
+    ) or (current_membership and current_membership.until is None):
+        raise ValueError("This member already has a never ending membership.")
     until = timezone.datetime(year=lecture_year + 1, month=9, day=1).date()
     with transaction.atomic():
         if renewal.length == Renewal.MEMBERSHIP_STUDY:
diff --git a/website/registrations/templates/registrations/renewal.html b/website/registrations/templates/registrations/renewal.html
index 360ab5988..7d1e14fcd 100644
--- a/website/registrations/templates/registrations/renewal.html
+++ b/website/registrations/templates/registrations/renewal.html
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ <h3>{% trans "Membership history" %}</h3>
                         have to renew your membership.
                     {% endblocktrans %}
                 </p>
-            {% elif latest_membership.study_long %}
-                <p>
-                    You seem to be on the wrong page for your membership type.
-                    follow <a href="{% url 'registrations:renew-studylong' %}">this link</a> to renew your membership.
-                </p>
             {% elif not request.member.profile.is_minimized %}
                 {% for error in form.errors.items %}
                     {% for message in error.1 %}
@@ -144,11 +139,19 @@ <h3>{% trans "Membership history" %}</h3>
                       data-benefactor-type="{{ benefactor_type }}">
                     {% csrf_token %}
                     <fieldset>
-                        {% if not latest_membership.type == 'benefactor' %}
+                        {% if not latest_membership.type == 'benefactor' and not latest_membership.study_long %}
                             {% bootstrap_field form.membership_type %}
                             {% bootstrap_field form.length %}
                             {% bootstrap_field form.contribution form_group_class='form-row required-field d-none' %}
                         {% else %}
+                            {% if latest_membership.study_long %}
+                                <div class="col-md-12">
+                                    <div class="alert alert-info">
+                                        You seem to have a membership which you can freely extend until the end of your studies. If you are still studying Computing Science/Information Sience, <a style="text-decoration: underline; color:white" href="{% url 'registrations:renew-studylong' %}">click this link to extend your membership for free.</a> Otherwise continue with the form below to become benefactor.
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            {% endif %}
+
                             <div class="form-row">
                                 <label
                                         for="id_membership_type">{% trans 'membership type'|capfirst %}</label>
diff --git a/website/registrations/tests/test_views.py b/website/registrations/tests/test_views.py
index 4d50c4694..6c28bfd71 100644
--- a/website/registrations/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/website/registrations/tests/test_views.py
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ def test_post(self, super_post):
                 request.member = MagicMock()
                 request.member.pk = 2
                 self.view.request = request
+                request.member.latest_membership.study_long = False
 
-                request.member.latest_membership.type = Membership.MEMBER
                 self.view.post(request)
 
                 request = super_post.call_args[0][0]
diff --git a/website/registrations/views.py b/website/registrations/views.py
index bcd6d0051..ca2c3c837 100644
--- a/website/registrations/views.py
+++ b/website/registrations/views.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 from django.views import View
 from django.views.generic import CreateView, FormView
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateResponseMixin, TemplateView
+
 from django_ratelimit.decorators import ratelimit
+
 from members.decorators import membership_required
 from members.models import Membership
 
@@ -289,7 +291,10 @@ def get_form(self, form_class=None):
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         request.POST = request.POST.dict()
-        if request.member.latest_membership.type == Membership.BENEFACTOR:
+        if (
+            request.member.latest_membership.type == Membership.BENEFACTOR
+            or request.member.latest_membership.study_long
+        ):
             request.POST["membership_type"] = Membership.BENEFACTOR
             request.POST["length"] = Entry.MEMBERSHIP_YEAR
         request.POST["member"] = request.member.pk