diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/website/SecurityFilter.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/website/SecurityFilter.java
index 936377809f..0a03ca5950 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/website/SecurityFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/website/SecurityFilter.java
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain
                         req.getRequestDispatcher(uri.concat(".gz")).include(req, response);
                     }
                     catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
-                        response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-                        response.sendRedirect("/404.html");
+                        response.reset();
+                        response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html");
+                        response.sendError(404);
+                        return;
                     }
                 }
             } else if (uri.startsWith("/api/builds/") || uri.startsWith("/api/github/")) {