diff --git a/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.coffee b/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.coffee
index d2a0e7bb..558afb60 100644
--- a/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.coffee
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ class ProfileController
             @userService
                 .getUserByUserName(@routeParams.slug)
                 .then (user) =>
-                    @.user = user
-                    @.isCurrentUser = false
-                    @._setMeta(@.user)
+                    if !user.get('is_active')
+                        @xhrError.notFound()
+                    else
+                        @.user = user
+                        @.isCurrentUser = false
+                        @._setMeta(@.user)
+
+                        return user
                 .catch (xhr) =>
-                    @xhrError.response(xhr)
+                    return @xhrError.response(xhr)
 
         else
             @.user = @currentUserService.getUser()
diff --git a/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.spec.coffee b/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.spec.coffee
index 72cf392c..26a4fdf9 100644
--- a/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.spec.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/profile/profile.controller.spec.coffee
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ describe "ProfileController", ->
 
     _mockXhrErrorService = () ->
         mocks.xhrErrorService = {
-            response: sinon.spy()
+            response: sinon.spy(),
+            notFound: sinon.spy()
         }
 
         provide.value "tgXhrErrorService", mocks.xhrErrorService
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@ describe "ProfileController", ->
         mocks.routeParams.slug = "user-slug"
 
         user = Immutable.fromJS({
-            username: "username"
-            full_name_display: "full-name-display"
-            bio: "bio"
+            username: "username",
+            full_name_display: "full-name-display",
+            bio: "bio",
+            is_active: true
         })
 
         mocks.translate
@@ -121,9 +123,10 @@ describe "ProfileController", ->
         $scope = $rootScope.$new()
 
         user = Immutable.fromJS({
-            username: "username"
-            full_name_display: "full-name-display"
-            bio: "bio"
+            username: "username",
+            full_name_display: "full-name-display",
+            bio: "bio",
+            is_active: true
         })
 
         mocks.translate
@@ -143,3 +146,24 @@ describe "ProfileController", ->
             expect(mocks.appMetaService.setAll.withArgs("user-profile-page-title", "bio")).to.be.calledOnce
             done()
         )
+
+    it "non-active user", (done) ->
+        $scope = $rootScope.$new()
+
+        mocks.routeParams.slug = "user-slug"
+
+        user = Immutable.fromJS({
+            username: "username",
+            full_name_display: "full-name-display",
+            bio: "bio",
+            is_active: false
+        })
+
+        mocks.userService.getUserByUserName.withArgs(mocks.routeParams.slug).promise().resolve(user)
+
+        ctrl = $controller("Profile")
+
+        setTimeout ( ->
+            expect(mocks.xhrErrorService.notFound).to.be.calledOnce
+            done()
+        )
diff --git a/app/modules/services/xhrError.service.coffee b/app/modules/services/xhrError.service.coffee
index 4b662977..3f8f2e5b 100644
--- a/app/modules/services/xhrError.service.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/services/xhrError.service.coffee
@@ -7,14 +7,21 @@ class xhrError extends taiga.Service
 
     constructor: (@q, @location, @navUrls) ->
 
+    notFound: () ->
+        @location.path(@navUrls.resolve("not-found"))
+        @location.replace()
+
+    permissionDenied: () ->
+        @location.path(@navUrls.resolve("permission-denied"))
+        @location.replace()
+
     response: (xhr) ->
         if xhr
             if xhr.status == 404
-                @location.path(@navUrls.resolve("not-found"))
-                @location.replace()
+                @.notFound()
+
             else if xhr.status == 403
-                @location.path(@navUrls.resolve("permission-denied"))
-                @location.replace()
+                @.permissionDenied()
 
         return @q.reject(xhr)