diff --git a/Application.cfc b/Application.cfc
index efa4ba9e..149e6b60 100644
--- a/Application.cfc
+++ b/Application.cfc
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ component {
             // create your FW/1 application:
             request._framework_one = new framework.one( {
                 trace = true,
-		        base = getDirectoryFromPath( CGI.SCRIPT_NAME )
+                missingview = 'main.missingview',
+                base = getDirectoryFromPath( CGI.SCRIPT_NAME )
                     .replaceFirst( getContextRoot(), '' ) & 'introduction'
             } );
 
diff --git a/framework/one.cfc b/framework/one.cfc
index 73fa7618..0cee02ee 100644
--- a/framework/one.cfc
+++ b/framework/one.cfc
@@ -742,14 +742,24 @@ component {
             }
             // setup the new controller action, based on the error action:
             request._fw1.controllers = [ ];
-
-            if ( structKeyExists( variables, 'framework' ) && structKeyExists( variables.framework, 'error' ) ) {
-                request.action = variables.framework.error;
+            var key = 'error';
+            var defaultAction = 'main.error';
+            try {
+                if ( exception.type == 'fw1.viewnotfound' && structKeyExists( variables.framework, 'missingview' ) ) {
+                    key = 'missingview';
+                    // shouldn't be needed -- key will be present in framework config
+                    defaultAction = 'main.missingview';
+                }
+            } catch ( any e ) {
+                // leave it as exception
+            }
+            if ( structKeyExists( variables, 'framework' ) && structKeyExists( variables.framework, key ) ) {
+                request.action = variables.framework[ key ];
             } else {
                 // this is an edge case so we don't bother with subsystems etc
                 // (because if part of the framework defaults are not present,
                 // we'd have to do a lot of conditional logic here!)
-                request.action = 'main.error';
+                request.action = defaultAction;
             }
             // ensure request.context is available
             if ( !structKeyExists( request, 'context' ) ) {
diff --git a/introduction/views/main/missingview.cfm b/introduction/views/main/missingview.cfm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aa6fdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/introduction/views/main/missingview.cfm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+I'm sorry, but no such view is available!
+<cfdump var="#request#"/>