diff --git a/api/v1/experiment/index.js b/api/v1/experiment/index.js
index 1c179db..c1143e9 100644
--- a/api/v1/experiment/index.js
+++ b/api/v1/experiment/index.js
@@ -19,31 +19,6 @@ module.exports = function(io) {
                         '../../..',
                         '/models/Experiment')).Experiment;
 
-    /**
-    * Answers the request for an undefined action route pair with a Bad Request
-    * error.
-    *
-    * @param res the response object as given by the express router
-    */
-    function respondWithNoSuchRoute(res) {
-        res.status(400).json({
-            'message': 'No action defined for this method and path'
-        });
-    }
-
-    /* unused routes */
-    app.get('/api/v1/experiment', function(req, res) {
-        return respondWithNoSuchRoute(res);
-    });
-
-    app.put('/api/v1/experiment', function(req, res) {
-        return respondWithNoSuchRoute(res);
-    });
-
-    app.delete('/api/v1/experiment', function(req, res) {
-        return respondWithNoSuchRoute(res);
-    });
-
     app.post('/api/v1/experiment/', function(req, res) {
         var exp = new Experiment({
             'name': req.body.name || haikunate(),
@@ -398,5 +373,29 @@ module.exports = function(io) {
         });
     });
 
+    app.get('/api/v1/*', function(req, res) {
+        return res.status(404).json({
+            'message': 'No such route'
+        });
+    });
+
+    app.put('/api/v1/*', function(req, res) {
+        return res.status(404).json({
+            'message': 'No such route'
+        });
+    });
+
+    app.post('/api/v1/*', function(req, res) {
+        return res.status(404).json({
+            'message': 'No such route'
+        });
+    });
+
+    app.delete('/api/v1/*', function(req, res) {
+        return res.status(404).json({
+            'message': 'No such route'
+        });
+    });
+
     return app;
 };
diff --git a/tests/api.js b/tests/api.js
index feafd1c..3eea1f6 100644
--- a/tests/api.js
+++ b/tests/api.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
             it('should return bad request for get /experiment', function(done) {
                 request(app)
                     .get('/api/v1/experiment')
-                    .expect(400)
+                    .expect(404)
                     .send({'name': 'does not matter'})
                     .end(function(err, doc) {
                         done(err);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
             it('should return bad request for put /experiment', function(done) {
                 request(app)
                     .put('/api/v1/experiment')
-                    .expect(400)
+                    .expect(404)
                     .send({'name': 'does not matter'})
                     .end(function(err, doc) {
                         done(err);
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             it('should return bad request for delete /experiment', function(done) {
                 request(app)
                     .del('/api/v1/experiment')
-                    .expect(400)
+                    .expect(404)
                     .send({'name': 'does not matter'})
                     .end(function(err, doc) {
                         done(err);