diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 88ed65582..a4b01cf09 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
       render action: params[:id]
     end
   rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-    head 404
+    head 404, content_type: "text/html"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/pages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/pages_controller_spec.rb
index ac0678691..00d3e1962 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/pages_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/pages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ describe PagesController do
       get :show, params: { id: "nonExistentPage" }
       expect(response).to be_missing
     end
+
+    it "returns a 404 message for a JavaScript request" do
+      get :show, params: { id: "nonExistentJavaScript.js" }
+      expect(response).to be_missing
+    end
   end
 
 end