diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index e32859141..912df90ad 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-from flask import Flask, session, Markup
+from flask import Flask, session, Markup, render_template
 from flask._compat import string_types
 from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_login import LoginManager
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     application.add_template_filter(replace_placeholders)
 
     application.after_request(useful_headers_after_request)
+    register_errorhandlers(application)
 
     return application
 
@@ -116,3 +117,12 @@ def useful_headers_after_request(response):
     response.headers.add('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff')
     response.headers.add('X-XSS-Protection', '1; mode=block')
     return response
+
+def register_errorhandlers(app):
+    def render_error(error):
+        # If a HTTPException, pull the `code` attribute; default to 500
+        error_code = getattr(error, 'code', 500)
+        return render_template("error/{0}.html".format(error_code)), error_code
+    for errcode in [401, 404, 500]:
+        app.errorhandler(errcode)(render_error)
+    return None
diff --git a/app/templates/error/401.html b/app/templates/error/401.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ea00a7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/error/401.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% extends "admin_template.html" %}
+{% block page_title %}Unauthorized{% endblock %}
+{% block fullwidth_content %}
+      <div class="grid-row">
+        <div class="column-two-thirds">
+        <h1>401</h1>
+        <p>You are not authorized to see this page.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/app/templates/error/404.html b/app/templates/error/404.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91a904d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/error/404.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% extends "admin_template.html" %}
+{% block page_title %}Page Not Found{% endblock %}
+{% block fullwidth_content %}
+    <div class="grid-row">
+      <div class="column-two-thirds">
+        <h1>404</h1>
+        <p>Sorry, that page doesn't exist.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/app/templates/error/500.html b/app/templates/error/500.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66fd970e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/error/500.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% extends "admin_template.html" %}
+{% block page_title %}Server error{% endblock %}
+{% block fullwidth_content %}
+    <div class="grid-row">
+      <div class="column-two-thirds">
+        <h1>500</h1>
+        <p>Sorry, something went wrong on our system.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}