diff --git a/app.coffee b/app.coffee
index c649842..b99b277 100644
--- a/app.coffee
+++ b/app.coffee
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if Settings.sentry?.dsn?
 
 smokeTest = require "smoke-test-sharelatex"
 ContentTypeMapper = require "./app/js/ContentTypeMapper"
+Errors = require './app/js/Errors'
 
 Path = require "path"
 fs = require "fs"
@@ -152,8 +153,12 @@ app.get "/heapdump", (req, res)->
 		res.send filename
 
 app.use (error, req, res, next) ->
-	logger.error err: error, "server error"
-	res.sendStatus(error?.statusCode || 500)
+	if error instanceof Errors.NotFoundError
+		logger.warn {err: error, url: req.url}, "not found error"
+		return res.sendStatus(404)
+	else
+		logger.error {err: error, url: req.url}, "server error"
+		res.sendStatus(error?.statusCode || 500)
 
 app.listen port = (Settings.internal?.clsi?.port or 3013), host = (Settings.internal?.clsi?.host or "localhost"), (error) ->
 	logger.info "CLSI starting up, listening on #{host}:#{port}"
diff --git a/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee b/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
index 27aa394..ae40bf7 100644
--- a/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fs = require("fs")
 fse = require "fs-extra"
 os = require("os")
 async = require "async"
+Errors = require './Errors'
 
 commandRunner = Settings.clsi?.commandRunner or "./CommandRunner"
 logger.info commandRunner:commandRunner, "selecting command runner for clsi"
@@ -206,11 +207,11 @@ module.exports = CompileManager =
 		synctexFile = Path.join(synctexDir, "output.synctex.gz")
 		fs.stat synctexDir, (error, stats) ->
 			if error?.code is 'ENOENT'
-				return callback(new Error("called synctex with no output directory"))
+				return callback(new Errors.NotFoundError("called synctex with no output directory"))
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			fs.stat synctexFile, (error, stats) ->
 				if error?.code is 'ENOENT'
-					return callback(new Error("called synctex with no output file"))
+					return callback(new Errors.NotFoundError("called synctex with no output file"))
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				return callback(new Error("not a file")) if not stats?.isFile()
 				callback()
diff --git a/app/coffee/Errors.coffee b/app/coffee/Errors.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4abea0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/coffee/Errors.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+NotFoundError = (message) ->
+	error = new Error(message)
+	error.name = "NotFoundError"
+	error.__proto__ = NotFoundError.prototype
+	return error
+NotFoundError.prototype.__proto__ = Error.prototype
+
+
+module.exports = Errors =
+	NotFoundError: NotFoundError