diff --git a/trifid-api/src/routes/v1/hosts.rs b/trifid-api/src/routes/v1/hosts.rs
index 806820a..1a4bef5 100644
--- a/trifid-api/src/routes/v1/hosts.rs
+++ b/trifid-api/src/routes/v1/hosts.rs
@@ -1239,9 +1239,9 @@ pub async fn delete_host(
         None => {
             return HttpResponse::Unauthorized().json(APIErrorsResponse {
                 errors: vec![APIError {
-                    code: "ERR_UNAUTHORIZED".to_string(),
+                    code: "ERR_NOT_FOUND".to_string(),
                     message:
-                        "This resource does not exist or you do not have permission to access it."
+                        "resource not found"
                             .to_string(),
                     path: None,
                 }],