diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ae7dce..5cb9f0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 # hugo_bootstrap_theme
 
 Simple Bootstrap-based theme for Hugo.
+
+
+## Custom error page
+
+The theme has a custom 404 error page.
+
+If the site has an SVG image in `assets/svg/404.svg`,
+this image will be displayed instead of a generic 404
+code. Regardless of whether an SVG assets exists or not,
+English and German explanations of what's going on will
+be included on the page.
+
diff --git a/layouts/404.html b/layouts/404.html
index effcca6..a51269e 100644
--- a/layouts/404.html
+++ b/layouts/404.html
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
 <div class="container">
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="col">
-      <h1 class="display-1 mx-auto text-center">
-        404
-      </h1>
-      <div class="alert alert-danger mb-5">
+    <div class="col mt-5 mb-5">
+      {{ with resources.Get "svg/404.svg" }}
+        {{ .Content | safeHTML }}
+      {{ else }}
+        <h1 class="display-1 mx-auto text-center">
+          404
+        </h1>
+      {{ end }}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-lg-6">
+      <div class="alert alert-danger mb-5" lang="en">
         <h4 class="alert-heading">
           Page not found
         </h4>
@@ -18,7 +26,9 @@
           <a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}" class="alert-link">Back to the home page.</a>
         </p>
       </div>
-      <div class="alert alert-warning">
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-lg-6">
+      <div class="alert alert-danger" lang="de">
         <h4 class="alert-heading">
           Seite nicht gefunden
         </h4>