diff --git a/db/database.py b/db/database.py
index 34c22ca..a9c6d41 100644
--- a/db/database.py
+++ b/db/database.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import psycopg2
 import pandas as pd
 from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
 from psycopg2.extras import execute_batch, Json
+from server.exceptions import NotExistentDatasetException
 
 
 class PostgresConnector:
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class PostgresConnector:
         if result:
             return pd.DataFrame(result)
         
-        raise ValueError("Dataset does not exist")
+        raise NotExistentDatasetException("Dataset does not exist")
     
     def get_dataset_info(self, dataset_id: int) -> dict:
         query = "SELECT * FROM datasets WHERE id = %s"
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ class PostgresConnector:
         if result:
             return result[0] 
         
-        raise ValueError("Dataset does not exist")
+        raise NotExistentDatasetException("Dataset does not exist")
 
     def close(self):
         if self.connection:
diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index 7f10872..5e63acd 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from flask_jwt_extended import (
 
 from server.stat_gen import StatGen
 from server.dataset_processor import DatasetProcessor
-from server.exceptions import NotAuthorisedException
+from server.exceptions import NotAuthorisedException, NotExistentDatasetException
 from db.database import PostgresConnector
 from server.auth import AuthManager
 from server.utils import get_request_filters, get_dataset_and_validate
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ def get_dataset(dataset_id):
         return jsonify(filtered_dataset), 200
     except NotAuthorisedException:
         return jsonify({"error": "User is not authorised to access this content"}), 403
+    except NotExistentDatasetException:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Dataset does not exist"}), 404
     except Exception:
+        print(traceback.format_exc())
         return jsonify({"error": "An unexpected error occured"}), 500
 
 
diff --git a/server/exceptions.py b/server/exceptions.py
index 9ecbd4f..f3ebaa9 100644
--- a/server/exceptions.py
+++ b/server/exceptions.py
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 class NotAuthorisedException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class NotExistentDatasetException(Exception):
     pass
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