diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/page-details.test.jsx b/src/components/__tests__/page-details.test.jsx
index 169a282b..33304e8a 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/page-details.test.jsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/page-details.test.jsx
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ describe('page-details', () => {
   simplePage.versions.forEach(version => {
     version.capture_time = new Date(version.capture_time);
   });
-  const match = { params: { pageId: simplePage.uuid }};
-  const createMockApi = () => {
-    return Object.assign(Object.create(WebMonitoringDb.prototype), {
+  const match = {params: {pageId: simplePage.uuid}};
+
+  const createMockApi = overrides => Object.assign(
+    Object.create(WebMonitoringDb.prototype),
+    {
       getPage: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(simplePage),
-      getVersions: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(simplePage.versions)
-    });
-  };
+      getVersions: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(simplePage.versions),
+    },
+    overrides
+  );
 
   it('can render', () => {
     const mockApi = createMockApi();
@@ -49,4 +52,21 @@ describe('page-details', () => {
     pageDetails.unmount();
     expect(document.title).toBe('Scanner');
   });
+
+  it('shows an error message if api.getPage throws an error', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('Page does not exist');
+    const mockApi = createMockApi({getPage: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(error)});
+
+    const pageDetails = shallow(
+      <PageDetails
+        match={match}
+      />,
+      {context: {api: mockApi}}
+    );
+
+    await expect(mockApi.getPage.mock.results[0].value).rejects.toThrow();
+    await Promise.resolve(); // wait a tick for the error message to render
+
+    expect(pageDetails.find('[className*="danger"]').text()).toBe(error.message);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/page-details/page-details.jsx b/src/components/page-details/page-details.jsx
index 5081d791..b91d4456 100644
--- a/src/components/page-details/page-details.jsx
+++ b/src/components/page-details/page-details.jsx
@@ -24,27 +24,32 @@ const cutoffDate = '2000-01-01';
  * @param {PageDetailsProps} props
  */
 export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
-  static getDerivedStateFromProps (props, state) {
+  static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
     // Clear existing content when switching pages
     if (state.page && state.page.uuid !== props.match.params.pageId) {
-      return { page: null };
+      return {
+        page: null
+      };
     }
     return null;
   }
 
-  constructor (props) {
+  constructor(props) {
     super(props);
-    this.state = { page: null };
+    this.state = {
+      page: null,
+      error: null
+    };
     this._annotateChange = this._annotateChange.bind(this);
     this._navigateToChange = this._navigateToChange.bind(this);
   }
 
-  componentDidMount () {
+  componentDidMount() {
     window.addEventListener('keydown', this);
     this._loadPage(this.props.match.params.pageId);
   }
 
-  componentWillUnmount () {
+  componentWillUnmount() {
     window.removeEventListener('keydown', this);
     this.setTitle(true);
   }
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
   /**
    * @param {PageDetailsProps} previousProps
    */
-  componentDidUpdate (previousProps) {
+  componentDidUpdate(previousProps) {
     this.setTitle();
     const nextPageId = this.props.match.params.pageId;
     if (nextPageId !== previousProps.match.params.pageId) {
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  setTitle (unmounting = false) {
+  setTitle(unmounting = false) {
     document.title = !unmounting && this.state.page ? `Scanner | ${this.state.page.url}` : 'Scanner';
   }
 
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
    * @private
    * @param {DOMEvent} event
    */
-  handleEvent (event) {
+  handleEvent(event) {
     if (event.keyCode === 27) {
       this.props.history.push('/');
     }
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
    * @param {string} toVersion ID of the `to` version of the change
    * @param {Object} annotation
    */
-  _annotateChange (fromVersion, toVersion, annotation) {
+  _annotateChange(fromVersion, toVersion, annotation) {
     return this.context.api.annotateChange(
       this.state.page.uuid,
       fromVersion,
@@ -91,7 +96,15 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
-  render () {
+  render() {
+    if (this.state.error) {
+      return (
+        <div styleName="baseStyles.alert baseStyles.alert-danger">
+          {this.state.error.message}
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
     if (!this.state.page) {
       return (<Loading />);
     }
@@ -122,7 +135,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
-  _renderPager () {
+  _renderPager() {
     if (!this.props.pages) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -159,7 +172,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
    * @private
    * @returns {JSX.Element}
    */
-  _renderChange () {
+  _renderChange() {
     /** TODO: should we show 404 for bad versions? */
     const versionData = this._versionsToRender();
 
@@ -195,7 +208,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
    * @private
    * @returns {Object}
    */
-  _versionsToRender () {
+  _versionsToRender() {
     const [fromId, toId] = (this.props.match.params.change || '').split('..');
     const versions = this.state.page.versions;
     let from, to, shouldRedirect = false;
@@ -236,7 +249,7 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
     return {from, to, shouldRedirect};
   }
 
-  _loadPage (pageId) {
+  _loadPage(pageId) {
     // TODO: handle the missing `.versions` collection problem better
     const fromList = this.props.pages && this.props.pages.find(
       (page) => page.uuid === pageId && !!page.versions);
@@ -254,7 +267,8 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
             page.versions = versions;
             this.setState({page});
           });
-      });
+      })
+      .catch(error => this.setState({error}));
   }
 
   _loadVersions(page, dateFrom, dateTo) {
@@ -262,13 +276,13 @@ export default class PageDetails extends React.Component {
     return this.context.api.getVersions(page.uuid, capture_time, Infinity);
   }
 
-  _getChangeUrl (from, to, page) {
+  _getChangeUrl(from, to, page) {
     const changeId = (from && to) ? `${from.uuid}..${to.uuid}` : '';
     const pageId = page && page.uuid || this.props.match.params.pageId;
     return `/page/${pageId}/${changeId}`;
   }
 
-  _navigateToChange (from, to, page, replace = false) {
+  _navigateToChange(from, to, page, replace = false) {
     const url = this._getChangeUrl(from, to, page);
     this.props.history[replace ? 'replace' : 'push'](url);
   }