diff --git a/src/routes/reviews.ts b/src/routes/reviews.ts
index cc10429..bde3d6a 100644
--- a/src/routes/reviews.ts
+++ b/src/routes/reviews.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ export class MessagesResponder extends ApiRoute {
       const receiver = req.headers["user-agent"];
       const result = data.getReviewById(req.params.id);
 
-      res.writeHead(200, typeJson);
-      res.write(JSON.stringify(result));
-      res.end();
+      if (Object.keys(result).length) {
+        res.writeHead(200, typeJson);
+        res.write(JSON.stringify(result));
+        res.end();
+      } else {
+        res.writeHead(404, typeJson);
+        res.write(Responder.requestError("review not found"));
+        res.end();
+      }
 
       this.logger.log(`${Logger.emp(receiver)} <~ "${req.path}"`);
     });