1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
index c4f28308..e72f9d2f 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
@@ -79,13 +79,16 @@ handle_task_status_req(Req) ->
 
 handle_replicate_req(#httpd{method='POST'}=Req) ->
     PostBody = couch_httpd:json_body_obj(Req),
-    case couch_rep:replicate(PostBody, Req#httpd.user_ctx) of
+    try couch_rep:replicate(PostBody, Req#httpd.user_ctx) of
     {ok, {JsonResults}} ->
         send_json(Req, {[{ok, true} | JsonResults]});
     {error, {Type, Details}} ->
         send_json(Req, 500, {[{error, Type}, {reason, Details}]});
     {error, Reason} ->
         send_json(Req, 500, {[{error, Reason}]})
+    catch
+    throw:{db_not_found, Msg} ->
+        send_json(Req, 404, {[{error, db_not_found}, {reason, Msg}]})
     end;
 handle_replicate_req(Req) ->
     send_method_not_allowed(Req, "POST").