diff --git a/app/controllers/articles.server.controller.js b/app/controllers/articles.server.controller.js
index 0a24e81733..e4fa5a4164 100644
--- a/app/controllers/articles.server.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/articles.server.controller.js
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ exports.list = function(req, res) {
  */
 exports.articleByID = function(req, res, next, id) {
 	Article.findById(id).populate('user', 'displayName').exec(function(err, article) {
-		if (err) return next(err);
+		if (err) {
+			return res.status(404).send({
+  				message: 'Article not found'
+  			}); 
+		}
 		if (!article) return next(new Error('Failed to load article ' + id));
 		req.article = article;
 		next();