diff --git a/handle.go b/handle.go
index 1e5e8f6..99c23ae 100644
--- a/handle.go
+++ b/handle.go
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ func (h *Handler) handleHTTPError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err er
 			return
 		} else if err.Status == http.StatusNotFound {
 			w.WriteHeader(err.Status)
+			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "application/activity+json") {
+				// This is a fediverse request; simply return the header
+				return
+			}
 			h.errors.NotFound.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", pageForReq(h.app.App(), r))
 			return
 		} else if err.Status == http.StatusInternalServerError {
diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index 07902ce..ca1be25 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -1295,14 +1295,32 @@ func viewCollectionPost(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
 		coll.Owner = owner
 	}
 
+	postFound := true
 	p, err := app.db.GetPost(slug, coll.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == ErrCollectionPageNotFound && slug == "feed" {
-			// User tried to access blog feed without a trailing slash, and
-			// there's no post with a slug "feed"
-			return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusFound, c.CanonicalURL() + "/feed/"}
+		if err == ErrCollectionPageNotFound {
+			postFound = false
+
+			if slug == "feed" {
+				// User tried to access blog feed without a trailing slash, and
+				// there's no post with a slug "feed"
+				return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusFound, c.CanonicalURL() + "/feed/"}
+			}
+
+			po := &Post{
+				Slug:     null.NewString(slug, true),
+				Font:     "norm",
+				Language: zero.NewString("en", true),
+				RTL:      zero.NewBool(false, true),
+				Content: `<p class="msg">This page is missing.</p>
+
+Are you sure it was ever here?`,
+			}
+			pp := po.processPost()
+			p = &pp
+		} else {
+			return err
 		}
-		return err
 	}
 	p.IsOwner = owner != nil && p.OwnerID.Valid && owner.ID == p.OwnerID.Int64
 	p.Collection = coll
@@ -1324,11 +1342,20 @@ func viewCollectionPost(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
 			contentType = "text/markdown"
 		}
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", fmt.Sprintf("%s; charset=utf-8", contentType))
+		if !postFound {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Post not found.")
+			// TODO: return error instead, so status is correctly reflected in logs
+			return nil
+		}
 		if isMarkdown && p.Title.String != "" {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "# %s\n\n", p.Title.String)
 		}
 		fmt.Fprint(w, p.Content)
 	} else if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "application/activity+json") {
+		if !postFound {
+			return ErrCollectionPageNotFound
+		}
 		p.extractData()
 		ap := p.ActivityObject()
 		ap.Context = []interface{}{activitystreams.Namespace}
@@ -1345,14 +1372,20 @@ func viewCollectionPost(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
 			IsPinned       bool
 			IsCustomDomain bool
 			PinnedPosts    *[]PublicPost
+			IsFound        bool
 		}{
 			PublicPost:     p,
 			StaticPage:     pageForReq(app, r),
 			IsOwner:        cr.isCollOwner,
 			IsCustomDomain: cr.isCustomDomain,
+			IsFound:        postFound,
 		}
 		tp.PinnedPosts, _ = app.db.GetPinnedPosts(coll)
 		tp.IsPinned = len(*tp.PinnedPosts) > 0 && PostsContains(tp.PinnedPosts, p)
+
+		if !postFound {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
 		if err := templates["collection-post"].ExecuteTemplate(w, "post", tp); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Error in collection-post template: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/templates/collection-post.tmpl b/templates/collection-post.tmpl
index 06bfa67..7075226 100644
--- a/templates/collection-post.tmpl
+++ b/templates/collection-post.tmpl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/write.css" />
 		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+		{{ if .IsFound }}
 		<link rel="canonical" href="{{.CanonicalURL}}" />
 		<meta name="generator" content="WriteFreely">
 		<meta name="title" content="{{.PlainDisplayTitle}} {{localhtml "title dash" .Language.String}} {{if .Collection.Title}}{{.Collection.Title}}{{else}}{{.Collection.Alias}}{{end}}">
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 		<meta property="og:updated_time" content="{{.Created8601}}" />
 		{{range .Images}}<meta property="og:image" content="{{.}}" />{{else}}<meta property="og:image" content="{{.Collection.AvatarURL}}">{{end}}
 		<meta property="article:published_time" content="{{.Created8601}}">
+		{{ end }}
 		{{if .Collection.StyleSheet}}<style type="text/css">{{.Collection.StyleSheetDisplay}}</style>{{end}}
 
 		{{if .Collection.RenderMathJax}}
@@ -50,14 +52,14 @@
 				{{if .PinnedPosts}}
 				{{range .PinnedPosts}}<a class="pinned{{if eq .Slug.String $.Slug.String}} selected{{end}}" href="{{if not $.SingleUser}}/{{$.Collection.Alias}}/{{.Slug.String}}{{else}}{{.CanonicalURL}}{{end}}">{{.PlainDisplayTitle}}</a>{{end}}
 				{{end}}
-				{{ if .IsOwner }}<span class="views" dir="ltr"><strong>{{largeNumFmt .Views}}</strong> {{pluralize "view" "views" .Views}}</span>
+				{{ if and .IsOwner .IsFound }}<span class="views" dir="ltr"><strong>{{largeNumFmt .Views}}</strong> {{pluralize "view" "views" .Views}}</span>
 				<a class="xtra-feature" href="/{{if not .SingleUser}}{{.Collection.Alias}}/{{end}}{{.Slug.String}}/edit" dir="{{.Direction}}">Edit</a>
 				{{if .IsPinned}}<a class="xtra-feature unpin" href="/{{.Collection.Alias}}/{{.Slug.String}}/unpin" dir="{{.Direction}}" onclick="unpinPost(event, '{{.ID}}')">Unpin</a>{{end}}
 				{{ end }}
 			</nav>
 		</header>
 		
-		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry">{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}<div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div></article>
+		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry {{if not .IsFound}}error-page{{end}}">{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}<div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div></article>
 
 		{{ if .Collection.ShowFooterBranding }}
 		<footer dir="ltr"><hr><nav><p style="font-size: 0.9em">{{localhtml "published with write.as" .Language.String}}</p></nav></footer>