diff --git a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
index 20209cdac..cb6c1fbd9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/content_items_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class ContentItemsController < ApplicationController
   rescue_from ActionController::UnknownFormat, with: :error_406
   rescue_from PresenterBuilder::RedirectRouteReturned, with: :error_redirect
   rescue_from PresenterBuilder::SpecialRouteReturned, with: :error_notfound
+  rescue_from PresenterBuilder::GovernmentReturned, with: :error_notfound
 
   attr_accessor :content_item, :taxonomy_navigation
 
diff --git a/app/services/presenter_builder.rb b/app/services/presenter_builder.rb
index 0423bb081..89b66b992 100644
--- a/app/services/presenter_builder.rb
+++ b/app/services/presenter_builder.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def initialize(content_item, content_item_path)
   def presenter
     raise SpecialRouteReturned if special_route?
     raise RedirectRouteReturned, content_item if redirect_route?
+    raise GovernmentReturned if government_content_item?
 
     presenter_name.constantize.new(content_item, content_item_path)
   end
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ def redirect_route?
     content_item && content_item["schema_name"] == "redirect"
   end
 
+  def government_content_item?
+    content_item && content_item["document_type"] == "government"
+  end
+
   def presenter_name
     if service_sign_in_format?
       return service_sign_in_presenter_name
@@ -57,4 +62,5 @@ def initialize(content_item)
     end
   end
   class SpecialRouteReturned < StandardError; end
+  class GovernmentReturned < StandardError; end
 end