diff --git a/src/routes/v4/route-utils.js b/src/routes/v4/route-utils.js
index cab689c..9ef99d3 100644
--- a/src/routes/v4/route-utils.js
+++ b/src/routes/v4/route-utils.js
@@ -175,6 +175,20 @@ function decodeError (err) {
       }
     }
 
+    // Handle 429 errors thrown by nginx
+    if (err.error) {
+      if (err.error.includes('429 Too Many Requests')) {
+        const internalMsg = '429 error thrown by nginx caught by route-utils.js/decodeError()'
+        console.error(internalMsg)
+        wlogger.error(internalMsg)
+
+        return {
+          msg: '429 Too Many Requests',
+          status: 429
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     // Handle general Error objects.
     if (err.message) {
       return {