diff --git a/modules/client/profile.cc b/modules/client/profile.cc
index ee47a1d97..5c99e7c87 100644
--- a/modules/client/profile.cc
+++ b/modules/client/profile.cc
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ void
 profile_get(const m::user &user,
             const string_view &key,
             const m::user::profile_closure &closure)
+try
 {
 	const m::user::room user_room
 	{
@@ -278,6 +279,15 @@ profile_get(const m::user &user,
 		closure(value);
 	});
 }
+catch(const m::NOT_FOUND &e)
+{
+	throw m::NOT_FOUND
+	{
+		"Nothing about '%s' and/or profile for '%s'",
+		key,
+		string_view{user.user_id}
+	};
+}
 
 m::event::id::buf
 profile_set(const m::user &user,