diff --git a/wrangler-service/src/main/java/io/cdap/wrangler/service/common/AbstractWranglerHandler.java b/wrangler-service/src/main/java/io/cdap/wrangler/service/common/AbstractWranglerHandler.java
index d1563d4cc..8154cbc5d 100644
--- a/wrangler-service/src/main/java/io/cdap/wrangler/service/common/AbstractWranglerHandler.java
+++ b/wrangler-service/src/main/java/io/cdap/wrangler/service/common/AbstractWranglerHandler.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.service.http.HttpServiceRequest;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.service.http.HttpServiceResponder;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.service.worker.RemoteExecutionException;
+import io.cdap.cdap.security.spi.authorization.UnauthorizedException;
 import io.cdap.cdap.spi.data.transaction.TransactionRunners;
 import io.cdap.wrangler.api.RecipeException;
 import io.cdap.wrangler.dataset.connections.ConnectionNotFoundException;
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ protected void respond(HttpServiceResponder responder, String namespace,
     } catch (RemoteExecutionException e) {
       responder.sendJson(getErrorCode(e.getCause().getRemoteExceptionClassName()),
                          new io.cdap.wrangler.proto.workspace.v2.ServiceResponse<>(e.getMessage()));
+    } catch (UnauthorizedException e) {
+      responder.sendJson(e.getStatusCode(), new io.cdap.wrangler.proto.workspace.v2.ServiceResponse<>(e.getMessage()));
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       responder.sendJson(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                          new io.cdap.wrangler.proto.workspace.v2.ServiceResponse<>((t.getMessage())));