diff --git a/core/views/expo.py b/core/views/expo.py
index 178cbc0..a2439cc 100644
--- a/core/views/expo.py
+++ b/core/views/expo.py
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ def editexpopage(request, path):
     '''Manages the 'Edit this Page' capability for expo handbook and other html pages.
     Relies on HTML5 or javascript to provide the in-browser editing environment.
     '''
+    return HttpResponse('File not found' )
     try:
         # if a cave not a webpage at all. 
         r = Cave.objects.get(url = path)
@@ -301,7 +302,6 @@ def editexpopage(request, path):
             return HttpResponse(default_head +  html + '<h3>HTML Parsing failure:<br>Page could not be parsed into header and body:<br>failure detected in expowebpage in views.expo.py</h3> Please edit this <var>:expoweb:</var> page to be in the expected full  HTML format .</body>' )
     except IOError:
         print("### File not found ### ", filepath)
-        return HttpResponse('File not found' )
         filefound = False