diff --git a/modules/rest/controllers/rest.php b/modules/rest/controllers/rest.php
index f8a46515..293252ef 100644
--- a/modules/rest/controllers/rest.php
+++ b/modules/rest/controllers/rest.php
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class Rest_Controller extends Controller {
       // either need to map the result values to localized strings in the application code, or every
       // client needs its own l10n string set.
       throw new Rest_Exception("Bad Request", 400, $e->validation->errors());
+    } catch (Kohana_404_Exception $e) {
+      throw new Rest_Exception("Not Found", 404);
     }
   }
 }
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