diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f07c06f0..2ae1c9b3 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ task :generate_sitemap => [:environment] do
   site_files = []
 
   sites.each do |site|
-    site.site_files_dataset.exclude(path: 'not_found.html').where(path: /\.html?$/).all.each do |site_file|
+    site.site_files_dataset.exclude(path: 'not_found.html').exclude(path: '404.html').where(path: /\.html?$/).all.each do |site_file|
 
       if site.uri(site_file.path) == site.uri
         priority = 0.5
diff --git a/views/templates/domain.erb b/views/templates/domain.erb
index 67e8ed61..c7f46b15 100644
--- a/views/templates/domain.erb
+++ b/views/templates/domain.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ server {
   error_page 404 = @notfound;
 
   location @notfound {
-      try_files /not_found.html @notfound_root;
+      try_files /not_found.html /404.html @notfound_root;
   }
 
   location @notfound_root {