diff --git a/services/real-time/app/js/WebApiManager.js b/services/real-time/app/js/WebApiManager.js
index bf399eff98..cdcbc0955f 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/js/WebApiManager.js
+++ b/services/real-time/app/js/WebApiManager.js
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ module.exports = {
           )
         } else if (response.statusCode === 403) {
           callback(new NotAuthorizedError())
+        } else if (response.statusCode === 404) {
+          callback(new CodedError('project not found', 'ProjectNotFound'))
         } else {
           callback(new WebApiRequestFailedError(response.statusCode))
         }
diff --git a/services/real-time/test/acceptance/js/JoinProjectTests.js b/services/real-time/test/acceptance/js/JoinProjectTests.js
index 9e554c6d1c..508e2b6614 100644
--- a/services/real-time/test/acceptance/js/JoinProjectTests.js
+++ b/services/real-time/test/acceptance/js/JoinProjectTests.js
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ describe('joinProject', function () {
     })
 
     it('should return an error', function () {
-      this.error.message.should.equal('Something went wrong in real-time service')
+      this.error.code.should.equal('ProjectNotFound')
     })
 
     it('should not have joined the project room', function (done) {
diff --git a/services/real-time/test/unit/js/WebApiManagerTests.js b/services/real-time/test/unit/js/WebApiManagerTests.js
index 4d5834495f..a366a2e75d 100644
--- a/services/real-time/test/unit/js/WebApiManagerTests.js
+++ b/services/real-time/test/unit/js/WebApiManagerTests.js
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ describe('WebApiManager', function () {
         this.callback
           .calledWith(
             sinon.match({
-              message: 'non-success status code from web',
-              info: { statusCode: 404 }
+              message: 'project not found',
+              info: { code: 'ProjectNotFound' }
             })
           )
           .should.equal(true)