diff --git a/src/ClusterProxy.php b/src/ClusterProxy.php
index 5b149c7..5812c00 100644
--- a/src/ClusterProxy.php
+++ b/src/ClusterProxy.php
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ static function ( ProvidesResponseData $response )
 				}
 			);
 
+			$request->addFailureCallbacks(
+				static function ( Throwable $e )
+				{
+					throw $e;
+				}
+			);
+
 			$this->proxy->sendAsyncRequest( $request );
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Responses/PhpFpmStatusResponse.php b/src/Responses/PhpFpmStatusResponse.php
index aa34c55..b489b36 100644
--- a/src/Responses/PhpFpmStatusResponse.php
+++ b/src/Responses/PhpFpmStatusResponse.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use hollodotme\FastCGI\Interfaces\ProvidesServerStatus;
 use hollodotme\FastCGI\Responses\PhpFpm\Process;
 use hollodotme\FastCGI\Responses\PhpFpm\Status;
+use RuntimeException;
 use function array_filter;
 use function array_shift;
 use function explode;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ final class PhpFpmStatusResponse implements ProvidesServerStatus
 	 * @param ProvidesResponseData       $response
 	 * @param ConfiguresSocketConnection $connection
 	 *
+	 * @throws RuntimeException
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public function __construct( ProvidesResponseData $response, ConfiguresSocketConnection $connection )
@@ -41,9 +43,24 @@ public function __construct( ProvidesResponseData $response, ConfiguresSocketCon
 		$this->connection = $connection;
 		$this->processes  = [];
 
+		$this->guardResponseIsValid();
 		$this->parseBody();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @throws RuntimeException
+	 */
+	private function guardResponseIsValid() : void
+	{
+		if ( 'File not found.' === trim( $this->response->getBody() ) )
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException(
+				"Could not find server's status path."
+				. " Please check for typos and if the status endpoint is enabled in your server's config."
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/Integration/ClusterStatusTest.php b/tests/Integration/ClusterStatusTest.php
index cfd2c0d..1a3797e 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/ClusterStatusTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/ClusterStatusTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use hollodotme\FastCGI\Tests\Traits\SocketDataProviding;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\ExpectationFailedException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use RuntimeException;
 use SebastianBergmann\RecursionContext\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ protected function tearDown() : void
 	 */
 	public function testGetStatus() : void
 	{
+		/** @var array|PhpFpmStatusResponse[] $statusResponses */
 		$statusResponses = $this->clusterProxy->getStatus(
 			'/status',
 			PhpFpmStatusResponse::class
@@ -70,4 +72,28 @@ public function testGetStatus() : void
 
 		$this->assertSame( $expectedPoolNames, $poolNames );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws ConnectException
+	 * @throws ReadFailedException
+	 * @throws Throwable
+	 * @throws TimedoutException
+	 * @throws WriteFailedException
+	 */
+	public function testThrowsExceptionIfStatusEndpointCannotBeFound() : void
+	{
+		$this->expectException( RuntimeException::class );
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage(
+			"Could not find server's status path."
+			. " Please check for typos and if the status endpoint is enabled in your server's config."
+		);
+
+		/** @noinspection UnusedFunctionResultInspection */
+		$this->clusterProxy->getStatus(
+			'/not-existing-status-endpoint',
+			PhpFpmStatusResponse::class
+		);
+
+		$this->fail( 'Expected runtime exception to be thrown.' );
+	}
 }