diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index e6d4e39c6..fe941c3dc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
 
       respond_with @status_message
     else
+      Rails.logger.info(:event => :link_to_nonexistent_post, :ref => request.env['HTTP_REFERER'], :user_id => current_user.id, :post_id => params[:id])
+      flash[:error] = I18n.t('status_messages.show.not_found')
       redirect_to :back
     end
   end
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 65a4eb877..08f6be4bb 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ en:
     show:
       destroy: "Delete"
       permalink: "permalink"
+      not_found: "Sorry, we couldn't find that post."
     helper:
       no_message_to_display: "No message to display."
     destroy: