diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewhistory.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewhistory.jsp
index 6268abd5a2778ef04b7907d6b10059e416e6752d..14ee0bbffa644ab63c34bef0ceebe8aba0d16e66 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewhistory.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewhistory.jsp
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@
  */
 response.setContentType("text/plain");
 String base = net.i2p.I2PAppContext.getGlobalContext().getBaseDir().getAbsolutePath();
-net.i2p.util.FileUtil.readFile("history.txt", base, response.getOutputStream());
+try {
+    net.i2p.util.FileUtil.readFile("history.txt", base, response.getOutputStream());
+} catch (java.io.IOException ioe) {
+    response.sendError(403, ioe.toString());
+}
 %>
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diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewtheme.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewtheme.jsp
index c095cc54e9ceea26233969eb8d8dde4c3b36c2a8..723b0ec3278a1e25f0c24367968195e6ccf32bb6 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewtheme.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/viewtheme.jsp
@@ -44,5 +44,9 @@ if (themePath != null)
 else
     base = net.i2p.I2PAppContext.getGlobalContext().getBaseDir().getAbsolutePath() +
               java.io.File.separatorChar + "docs";
-net.i2p.util.FileUtil.readFile(uri, base, response.getOutputStream());
+try {
+    net.i2p.util.FileUtil.readFile(uri, base, response.getOutputStream());
+} catch (java.io.IOException ioe) {
+    response.sendError(403, ioe.toString());
+}
 %>
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