diff --git a/postwoman.toml b/postwoman.toml
index 17bb9b2..4e857ea 100644
--- a/postwoman.toml
+++ b/postwoman.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ url = "https://api.alemi.dev/"
 url = "https://api.alemi.dev/look/into/the/void"
 extract = { type = "discard" }
 
+[route.notfound]
+url = "https://api.alemi.dev/not-found"
+expect = 404
+
 [route.debug]
 url = "https://api.alemi.dev/debug"
 method = "PUT"
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 925a463..62a5403 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ pub enum PostWomanError {
 	#[error("invalid regex: {0:?}")]
 	InvalidRegex(#[from] regex::Error),
 
+	#[error("request didn't match expected status code: {0:?}")]
+	UnexpectedStatusCode(reqwest::Response),
+
 	#[error("invalid Json Query: {0}")]
 	JQError(String),
 
diff --git a/src/model/endpoint.rs b/src/model/endpoint.rs
index df99528..94b587e 100644
--- a/src/model/endpoint.rs
+++ b/src/model/endpoint.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub struct Endpoint {
 	pub headers: Option<Vec<String>>,
 	/// body, optional string
 	pub body: Option<StringOr<toml::Table>>,
+	/// expected error code, will fail if different
+	pub expect: Option<u16>,
 	/// response extractor
 	pub extract: Option<StringOr<Extractor>>,
 }
@@ -135,8 +137,11 @@ impl Endpoint {
 			.headers(headers)
 			.body(body)
 			.send()
-			.await?
-			.error_for_status()?;
+			.await?;
+
+		if res.status().as_u16() != self.expect.unwrap_or(200) {
+			return Err(PostWomanError::UnexpectedStatusCode(res));
+		}
 
 		Ok(match self.extract.unwrap_or_default() {
 			StringOr::T(Extractor::Discard) => "".to_string(),