Handle 500 errors in production properly

app/Exceptions/Handler.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Exceptions;
 
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
 
 class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
@@ -44,7 +45,19 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
      */
     public function render($request, Exception $exception)
     {
-        return parent::render($request, $exception);
+		// 404 page when a model is not found
+		if ($exception instanceof ModelNotFoundException) {
+			return response()->view('errors.404', [], 404);
+		}
+
+		if ($this->isHttpException($exception)) {
+			return $this->renderHttpException($exception);
+		}
+		// Custom error 500 view on production
+		if (app()->environment() === 'production') {
+			return response()->view('errors.503', [], 500);
+		}
+		return parent::render($request, $exception);
     }
 
     /**