diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
index ab4d729..b7d83ea 100644
--- a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ sub _render {
     my $provider = $self->tt->{SERVICE}->{CONTEXT}->{LOAD_TEMPLATES}->[0];
     $provider->options($options);
     $provider->ctx($c);
+    $provider->not_found(0);
 
     my $ok = $self->tt->process(defined $inline ? \$inline : $t, @params);
 
+    return 0 if $provider->not_found;
+
     # Error
     die $self->tt->error unless $ok;
 
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ sub new {
 sub renderer      { @_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{renderer}      = $_[1] : $_[0]->{renderer} }
 sub ctx           { @_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{ctx}           = $_[1] : $_[0]->{ctx} }
 sub options       { @_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{options}       = $_[1] : $_[0]->{options} }
+sub not_found     { @_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{not_found}     = $_[1] : $_[0]->{not_found} }
 
 sub _template_modified {1}
 
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ sub _template_content {
     # Try DATA section
     if(defined $options) {
         $data = $self->renderer->get_data_template($options);
+        $self->not_found(1) unless defined $data;
     } else {
         my $loader = Mojo::Loader->new;
         foreach my $class (@{ $self->renderer->classes }) {
diff --git a/t/default_template.t b/t/default_template.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f5ca9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/default_template.t
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+use Test::Mojo;
+
+use Mojolicious::Lite;
+
+# Tell Mojolicious we want to load the TT renderer plugin
+app->plugin(
+    tt_renderer => {
+        template_options => {
+            # These options are specific to TT
+            INCLUDE_PATH => 'templates',
+            COMPILE_DIR  => 'templates_c',
+            COMPILE_EXT  => '.ttc',
+            # ... anything else to be passed on to TT should go here
+        },
+    }
+);
+
+app->renderer->default_handler('tt');
+
+get '/' => sub {
+    die 'foo';
+};
+
+my $t = Test::Mojo->new;
+
+$t->get_ok('/')
+    ->status_is(500)
+    ->content_like(qr{foo});
+
+__DATA__
+
+@@ index.html.tt
+anything