diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
index d6599b75e..6965be8aa 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
@@ -147,17 +147,20 @@ module Sources
 
         if resp.success?
           body = Zlib.gunzip(resp.body)
+          Nokogiri::HTML(body)
+        # the work was deleted
+        elsif resp.code == 404
+          nil
         else
           raise HTTParty::ResponseError.new(resp)
         end
-
-        Nokogiri::HTML(body)
       end
       memoize :page
 
       # Scrape UUID from <meta property="da:appurl" content="DeviantArt://deviation/12F08C5D-A3A4-338C-2F1A-7E4E268C0E8B">
-      # For private works the UUID will be nil.
+      # For hidden or deleted works the UUID will be nil.
       def uuid
+        return nil if page.nil?
         meta = page.search('meta[property="da:appurl"]').first
         return nil if meta.nil?
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
index 9e63d0709..63b3b52e7 100644
--- a/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ module Sources
       end
     end
 
-    context "The source for a private DeviantArt image URL" do
-      setup do
-        @site = Sources::Strategies.find("https://pre00.deviantart.net/423b/th/pre/i/2017/281/e/0/mindflayer_girl01_by_nickbeja-dbpxdt8.png")
-      end
-
+    context "The source for a deleted DeviantArt image URL" do
       should "work" do
-        assert_equal(["https://pre00.deviantart.net/423b/th/pre/i/2017/281/e/0/mindflayer_girl01_by_nickbeja-dbpxdt8.png"], @site.image_urls)
+        @site = Sources::Strategies.find("https://pre00.deviantart.net/423b/th/pre/i/2017/281/e/0/mindflayer_girl01_by_nickbeja-dbpxdt8.png")
+        assert_equal("https://pre00.deviantart.net/423b/th/pre/i/2017/281/e/0/mindflayer_girl01_by_nickbeja-dbpxdt8.png", @site.image_url)
       end
     end