1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/serve.js b/lib/serve.js
index 066f5d4..9dec11b 100644
--- a/lib/serve.js
+++ b/lib/serve.js
@@ -578,7 +578,11 @@ Serve.prototype.compose = function (ext) {
     channel: '',
     redirectToPublishedMsg: true,
   }, function (err, composer) {
-    if (err) return cb(err)
+    if (err) return pull(
+      pull.once(u.renderError(err).outerHTML),
+      self.wrapPage('compose'),
+      self.respondSink(500)
+    )
     pull(
       pull.once(u.toHTML(composer)),
       self.wrapPage('compose'),