diff --git a/src/server/rest.coffee b/src/server/rest.coffee
index afa44f57..a69bd343 100644
--- a/src/server/rest.coffee
+++ b/src/server/rest.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ url = require 'url'
 
 connect = require 'connect'
 
-send403 = (res, message = 'Forbidden') ->
+send403 = (res, message = 'Forbidden\n') ->
   res.writeHead 403, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
   res.end message
 
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ send404 = (res, message = '404: Your document could not be found.\n') ->
   res.end message
 
 sendError = (res, message) ->
-  if message == 'forbidden'
+  if message is 'forbidden'
     send403 res
-  else if message == 'Document does not exist'
+  else if message is 'Document does not exist'
     send404 res
   else
-    console.warn "REST server does not know how to send error: '#{message}'"
+    #console.warn "REST server does not know how to send error: '#{message}'"
     res.writeHead 500, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
-    res.end "Error: #{message}"
+    res.end "#{message}\n"
 
 send400 = (res, message) ->
   res.writeHead 400, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
   res.end message
 
-send200 = (res, message = 'OK') ->
+send200 = (res, message = "OK\n") ->
   res.writeHead 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
   res.end message
 
diff --git a/test/rest.coffee b/test/rest.coffee
index fb400fe6..4242e536 100644
--- a/test/rest.coffee
+++ b/test/rest.coffee
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fetch = (method, port, path, postData, extraHeaders, callback) ->
     data = ''
     response.on 'data', (chunk) -> data += chunk
     response.on 'end', ->
+      data = data.trim()
       if response.headers['content-type'] == 'application/json'
         data = JSON.parse(data)
 
@@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ module.exports = testCase
       test.strictEqual res.statusCode, 400
       test.done()
   
+  "Can't POST an op to a nonexistant document": (test) ->
+    # This was found in the wild -
+    # https://github.com/josephg/ShareJS/issues/66
+    fetch 'POST', @port, "/doc/#{@name}?v=0", {foo:'bar'}, (res, data) ->
+      test.strictEqual res.statusCode, 404
+      test.done()
+    
   'DELETE deletes a document': (test) ->
     @model.create @name, 'simple', =>
       fetch 'DELETE', @port, "/doc/#{@name}", null, (res, data) =>
@@ -250,4 +258,5 @@ module.exports = testCase
         @model.getSnapshot @name, (error, doc) ->
           test.ok doc
           test.done()
-  
+
+