diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
index c9dd78be..0eb3668c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-const getClaimId = require('./getClaimId.js');
+const db = require('../../../../models');
+
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 
+const getClaimId = require('./getClaimId.js');
+
 const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
 const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
+const BLOCKED_CLAIM = 'BLOCKED_CLAIM';
 
 /*
 
@@ -14,22 +18,32 @@ const claimLongId = ({ ip, originalUrl, body, params }, res) => {
   const channelName = body.channelName;
   const channelClaimId = body.channelClaimId;
   const claimName = body.claimName;
-  const claimId = body.claimId;
+  let claimId = body.claimId;
   getClaimId(channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId)
     .then(fullClaimId => {
-      res.status(200).json({success: true, data: fullClaimId});
+      claimId = fullClaimId;
+      return db.Blocked.isNotBlocked(fullClaimId, claimName);
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+      res.status(200).json({success: true, data: claimId});
     })
     .catch(error => {
       if (error === NO_CLAIM) {
         return res.status(404).json({
           success: false,
-          message: 'No claim id could be found',
+          message: 'No matching claim id could be found for that url',
         });
       }
       if (error === NO_CHANNEL) {
         return res.status(404).json({
           success: false,
-          message: 'No channel id could be found',
+          message: 'No matching channel id could be found for that url',
+        });
+      }
+      if (error === BLOCKED_CLAIM) {
+        return res.status(410).json({
+          success: false,
+          message: 'In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have blocked access to this content from our applications. For more details, see https://lbry.io/faq/dmca',
         });
       }
       handleErrorResponse(originalUrl, ip, error, res);
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js
index 6bd868b2..9b48399f 100644
--- a/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
 const db = require('../../../models');
 
 const getClaimId = require('../../api/claim/longId/getClaimId.js');
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 
-const serveAssetToClient = require('./serveAssetToClient.js');
+const getLocalFileRecord = require('./getLocalFileRecord.js');
+const serveFile = require('./serveFile.js');
 
 const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
 const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
 const BLOCKED_CLAIM = 'BLOCKED_CLAIM';
+const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
 
 const getClaimIdAndServeAsset = (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId, originalUrl, ip, res) => {
   getClaimId(channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId)
@@ -16,27 +20,37 @@ const getClaimIdAndServeAsset = (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId
       return db.Blocked.isNotBlocked(fullClaimId, claimName);
     })
     .then(() => {
-      serveAssetToClient(claimId, claimName, res);
+      return getLocalFileRecord(claimId, claimName);
+    })
+    .then(fileRecord => {
+      serveFile(fileRecord, res);
     })
     .catch(error => {
       if (error === NO_CLAIM) {
+        logger.debug('no claim found');
         return res.status(404).json({
           success: false,
-          message: 'No claim id could be found',
+          message: 'No matching claim id could be found for that url',
         });
       }
       if (error === NO_CHANNEL) {
+        logger.debug('no channel found');
         return res.status(404).json({
           success: false,
-          message: 'No channel id could be found',
+          message: 'No matching channel id could be found for that url',
         });
       }
       if (error === BLOCKED_CLAIM) {
+        logger.debug('claim was blocked');
         return res.status(410).json({
           success: false,
           message: 'In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have blocked access to this content from our applications. For more details, see https://lbry.io/faq/dmca',
         });
       }
+      if (error === NO_FILE) {
+        logger.debug('claim was blocked');
+        return res.status(307).redirect(`/api/claim/get/${name}/${claimId}`);
+      }
       handleErrorResponse(originalUrl, ip, error, res);
     });
 };
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveAssetToClient.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveAssetToClient.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 28991d24..00000000
--- a/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveAssetToClient.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-const logger = require('winston');
-const getLocalFileRecord = require('./getLocalFileRecord.js');
-const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
-
-const serveAssetToClient = (claimId, name, res) => {
-  return getLocalFileRecord(claimId, name)
-    .then(fileRecord => {
-      // check that a local record was found
-      if (fileRecord === NO_FILE) {
-        return res.status(307).redirect(`/api/claim/get/${name}/${claimId}`);
-      }
-      // serve the file
-      const {filePath, fileType} = fileRecord;
-      logger.verbose(`serving file: ${filePath}`);
-      const sendFileOptions = {
-        headers: {
-          'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
-          'Content-Type'          : fileType || 'image/jpeg',
-        },
-      };
-      res.status(200).sendFile(filePath, sendFileOptions);
-    })
-    .catch(error => {
-      throw error;
-    });
-};
-
-module.exports = serveAssetToClient;
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveFile.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveFile.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab3c167a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/serveFile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
+const serveFile = ({ filePath, fileType }, res) => {
+  logger.verbose(`serving file: ${filePath}`);
+  const sendFileOptions = {
+    headers: {
+      'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
+      'Content-Type'          : fileType || 'image/jpeg',
+    },
+  };
+  res.status(200).sendFile(filePath, sendFileOptions);
+};
+
+module.exports = serveFile;