diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index 9bf2d45..2cc06ef 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -22,16 +22,15 @@ router.get("/", async (ctx) => {
 });
 
 router.get("/:uuid", async (ctx, next) => {
-  const gist = getGist(ctx.params.uuid);
+  if (ctx.get("x-requested-with") !== "XMLHttpRequest") {
+    return await ctx.render("view");
+  }
 
+  const gist = getGist(ctx.params.uuid);
   if (!gist) {
     return next();
   }
 
-  if (ctx.get("x-requested-with") !== "XMLHttpRequest") {
-    return await ctx.render("view", gist);
-  }
-
   ctx.set("Cache-Control", "max-age=2592000"); // 30d in seconds
   ctx.set("X-IV", gist.iv);
   ctx.body = Buffer.from(gist.cipherText);
diff --git a/static/view.mjs b/static/view.mjs
index 9ebdce8..93d4131 100644
--- a/static/view.mjs
+++ b/static/view.mjs
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
         "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest",
       },
     });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw response.status;
+    }
+
     const iv = new Uint8Array(response.headers.get("X-IV")?.split(","));
     const cipherText = await response.arrayBuffer();
     const buffer = await decrypt(iv, k, cipherText);
@@ -91,7 +96,8 @@ addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
     childElement.textContent = new TextDecoder().decode(buffer) || "empty 👀";
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(err);
-    childElement.textContent = "failed 💀";
+    const mappedMessages = new Map([[404, "not found 🙈"]]);
+    childElement.textContent = mappedMessages.get(err) || "failed 💀";
     return;
   } finally {
     preElement.appendChild(childElement);