diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index ca47cfc96..f7f2e0bb3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ services:
       - .env
     volumes:
       - ./:/opt/isomercms-backend
-      - /opt/isomercms-backend/node_modules
       - ${EFS_VOL_PATH}:${EFS_VOL_PATH}
       - "~/.gitconfig:/etc/gitconfig"
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 202c3f047..ed8d4e47f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "start": "node --unhandled-rejections=warn -r ts-node/register/transpile-only -r tsconfig-paths/register -r dotenv/config build/server.js dotenv_config_path=/efs/isomer/.isomer.env",
     "start:ecs:prod": "node --unhandled-rejections=warn -r ts-node/register/transpile-only -r tsconfig-paths/register src/server.js",
     "start:ecs:staging": "node --unhandled-rejections=warn -r ts-node/register/transpile-only -r tsconfig-paths/register src/server.js",
-    "start::ecs:dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn src/server.js",
+    "start:ecs:dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn src/server.js",
     "dev": "source .env && docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up",
     "test:docker": "docker run -d -p 54321:5432 --name postgres -e POSTGRES_USER=isomer -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_DB=isomercms_test postgres:latest",
     "test": "source .env.test && jest --runInBand",
diff --git a/src/errors/RouteNotFoundError.ts b/src/errors/RouteNotFoundError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbeeee926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/errors/RouteNotFoundError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { BaseIsomerError } from "./BaseError"
+
+export default class RouteNotFoundError extends BaseIsomerError {
+  constructor(meta = {}) {
+    super({
+      status: 404,
+      code: "Route Not Found Error",
+      meta,
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/middleware/catchNonExistentRouteHandler.ts b/src/middleware/catchNonExistentRouteHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..087427718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/middleware/catchNonExistentRouteHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from "express"
+
+import RouteNotFoundError from "@root/errors/RouteNotFoundError"
+
+export const catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware = (
+  req: Request,
+  res: Response,
+  next: NextFunction
+) => {
+  next(new RouteNotFoundError())
+}
+
+export default catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware
diff --git a/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/__tests__/Media.spec.ts b/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/__tests__/Media.spec.ts
index d891b7569..9735d12e6 100644
--- a/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/__tests__/Media.spec.ts
+++ b/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/__tests__/Media.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   mockGithubSessionData,
 } from "@root/fixtures/sessionData"
 import { MOCK_REPO_NAME_ONE } from "@root/fixtures/sites"
+import catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware from "@root/middleware/catchNonExistentRouteHandler"
 import { attachReadRouteHandlerWrapper } from "@root/middleware/routeHandler"
 import { MediaDirectoryService } from "@root/services/directoryServices/MediaDirectoryService"
 import { MediaFileService } from "@root/services/fileServices/MdPageServices/MediaFileService"
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ describe("Media Router", () => {
     attachReadRouteHandlerWrapper(router.deleteMediaFile)
   )
 
+  subrouter.use(catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware)
+
   const app = generateRouterForDefaultUserWithSite(subrouter)
   const siteName = MOCK_REPO_NAME_ONE
   const directoryName = "directoryName"
@@ -438,4 +441,10 @@ describe("Media Router", () => {
       )
     })
   })
+
+  describe("catchNonExistentRoutes", () => {
+    it("returns 404 for non-existent routes", async () => {
+      await request(app).get(`/${siteName}/media/imagesblah/pages`).expect(404)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/media.ts b/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/media.ts
index 3d09d9e87..1f51cd500 100644
--- a/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/media.ts
+++ b/src/routes/v2/authenticatedSites/media.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import GithubSessionData from "@classes/GithubSessionData"
 import UserWithSiteSessionData from "@classes/UserWithSiteSessionData"
 
+import { catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware } from "@root/middleware/catchNonExistentRouteHandler"
 import type {
   MediaDirOutput,
   MediaFileOutput,
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export class MediaRouter {
     { page: number; limit: number; search: string },
     { userWithSiteSessionData: UserWithSiteSessionData }
   > = async (req, res) => {
+    console.log("in listMediaDirectoryFiles")
     const { userWithSiteSessionData } = res.locals
 
     const { directoryName } = req.params
@@ -445,6 +447,8 @@ export class MediaRouter {
       attachRollbackRouteHandlerWrapper(this.deleteMediaFile)
     )
 
+    router.use(catchNonExistentRoutesMiddleware)
+
     return router
   }
 }