diff --git a/src/HPCloud/Storage/ObjectStorage/Container.php b/src/HPCloud/Storage/ObjectStorage/Container.php
index 2c98995..ae20c7c 100644
--- a/src/HPCloud/Storage/ObjectStorage/Container.php
+++ b/src/HPCloud/Storage/ObjectStorage/Container.php
@@ -260,11 +260,16 @@ class Container implements \Countable {
     $client = \HPCloud\Transport::instance();
 
     try {
+      print $url;
       $response = $client->doRequest($url, 'DELETE', $headers);
     }
     catch (\HPCloud\Transport\FileNotFoundException $fnfe) {
       return FALSE;
     }
+    catch (\HPCloud\Transport\MethodNotAllowedException $e) {
+      $e->setMessage('DELETE ' . $url);
+      throw $e;
+    }
 
     if ($response->status() != 204) {
       throw new \HPCloud\Exception("An unknown exception occured while deleting $name.");
diff --git a/test/Tests/ContainerTest.php b/test/Tests/ContainerTest.php
index 10c1f3f..e3c2fa1 100644
--- a/test/Tests/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/test/Tests/ContainerTest.php
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ class ContainerTest extends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
 
     $ret = $container->delete(self::FNAME);
 
+    $fail = $container->delete('no_such_file.txt');
+
     $this->destroyContainerFixture();
     $this->assertTrue($ret);
+    $this->assertFalse($fail);
 
   }