diff --git a/js/actions/edition_actions.js b/js/actions/edition_actions.js
index 4bdf093a..3f659524 100644
--- a/js/actions/edition_actions.js
+++ b/js/actions/edition_actions.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import EditionFetcher from '../fetchers/edition_fetcher';
 class EditionActions {
     constructor() {
         this.generateActions(
-            'updateEdition'
+            'updateEdition',
+            'editionFailed'
         );
     }
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class EditionActions {
             })
             .catch((err) => {
                 console.logGlobal(err);
+                this.actions.editionFailed(err.json);
             });
     }
 }
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
index fa24bcbf..030a7150 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import { History } from 'react-router';
 
 import EditionActions from '../../actions/edition_actions';
 import EditionStore from '../../stores/edition_store';
@@ -15,26 +16,23 @@ import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
  */
 let EditionContainer = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
-        location: React.PropTypes.object
+        location: React.PropTypes.object,
+        params: React.PropTypes.object
     },
 
+    mixins: [History],
+
     getInitialState() {
         return EditionStore.getState();
     },
 
-    onChange(state) {
-        this.setState(state);
-        if (!state.edition.digital_work) {
-            return;
-        }
-        let isEncoding = state.edition.digital_work.isEncoding;
-        if (state.edition.digital_work.mime === 'video' && typeof isEncoding === 'number' && isEncoding !== 100 && !this.state.timerId) {
-            let timerId = window.setInterval(() => EditionActions.fetchOne(this.props.params.editionId), 10000);
-            this.setState({timerId: timerId});
-        }
-    },
-
     componentDidMount() {
+        // Every time we're entering the edition detail page,
+        // just reset the edition that is saved in the edition store
+        // as it will otherwise display wrong/old data once the user loads
+        // the edition detail a second time
+        EditionActions.updateEdition({});
+
         EditionStore.listen(this.onChange);
         EditionActions.fetchOne(this.props.params.editionId);
     },
@@ -48,16 +46,32 @@ let EditionContainer = React.createClass({
         }
     },
 
+    componentDidUpdate() {
+        const { editionError } = this.state;
+
+        if(editionError && editionError.status === 404) {
+            // Even though the /404 path doesn't really exist,
+            // we can still redirect there and the page will show up
+            this.history.pushState(null, '/404');
+        }
+    },
+
     componentWillUnmount() {
-        // Every time we're leaving the edition detail page,
-        // just reset the edition that is saved in the edition store
-        // as it will otherwise display wrong/old data once the user loads
-        // the edition detail a second time
-        EditionActions.updateEdition({});
         window.clearInterval(this.state.timerId);
         EditionStore.unlisten(this.onChange);
     },
 
+    onChange(state) {
+        this.setState(state);
+        if (!state.edition.digital_work) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let isEncoding = state.edition.digital_work.isEncoding;
+        if (state.edition.digital_work.mime === 'video' && typeof isEncoding === 'number' && isEncoding !== 100 && !this.state.timerId) {
+            let timerId = window.setInterval(() => EditionActions.fetchOne(this.props.params.editionId), 10000);
+            this.setState({timerId: timerId});
+        }
+    },
 
     loadEdition() {
         EditionActions.fetchOne(this.props.params.editionId);
diff --git a/js/stores/edition_store.js b/js/stores/edition_store.js
index 14ee4fee..22e78d23 100644
--- a/js/stores/edition_store.js
+++ b/js/stores/edition_store.js
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ import EditionActions from '../actions/edition_actions';
 class EditionStore {
     constructor() {
         this.edition = {};
+        this.editionError = null;
         this.bindActions(EditionActions);
     }
 
     onUpdateEdition(edition) {
         this.edition = edition;
+        this.editionError = null;
+    }
+
+    onEditionFailed(error) {
+        this.editionError = error;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/js/utils/requests.js b/js/utils/requests.js
index 7e9c9a58..eeaa3513 100644
--- a/js/utils/requests.js
+++ b/js/utils/requests.js
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ class Requests {
                             reject(error);
                         } else if(body && body.detail) {
                             reject(new Error(body.detail));
+                        } else if(!body.success) {
+                            let error = new Error('Client Request Error');
+                            error.json = {
+                                status: response.status,
+                                statusText: response.status,
+                                type: response.status,
+                                url: response.url
+                            };
+                            reject(error);
                         } else {
                             resolve(body);
                         }