diff --git a/sgx_jmp.rb b/sgx_jmp.rb
index fc3407c5e73b63c2e2c8ff6866f1323c3e107675..80dce0e3bc0f2c6bc810482e4cac87f5b5e2a497 100644
--- a/sgx_jmp.rb
+++ b/sgx_jmp.rb
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ message(
 		m.to = m.to.with(domain: customer.jid.domain)
 		address["jid"] = customer.jid.to_s
 		BLATHER << m
+	}.catch_only(CustomerRepo::NotFound) { |e|
+		BLATHER << iq.as_error("forbidden", :auth, e.message)
 	}.catch { |e| panic(e, sentry_hub) }
 end