diff --git a/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore.go b/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore.go
index efc2eaa60..35b83ef64 100644
--- a/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore.go
+++ b/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore.go
@@ -117,19 +117,25 @@ func normalizeError(err error) error {
 
 	// Check for ErrNotFound with a cid
 	idx = strings.Index(errMsg, ipldNotFoundPrefix)
-	if idx == -1 {
-		return err
-	}
+	if idx != -1 {
+		cidStr := errMsg[idx+len(ipldNotFoundPrefix):]
+		c, e := cid.Parse(cidStr)
+		if e != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
-	cidStr := errMsg[idx+len(ipldNotFoundPrefix):]
-	c, e := cid.Parse(cidStr)
-	if e != nil {
-		return err
+		rest := errMsg[:idx]
+		if len(rest) > 2 && rest[len(rest)-2:] != ": " {
+			rest += ": "
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s%w", rest, format.ErrNotFound{Cid: c})
 	}
 
-	rest := errMsg[:idx]
-	if len(rest) > 2 && rest[len(rest)-2:] != ": " {
-		rest += ": "
+	// Check for any error with the string "not found"
+	idx = strings.Index(strings.ToLower(errMsg), "not found")
+	if idx != -1 {
+		return format.ErrNotFound{}
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("%s%w", rest, format.ErrNotFound{Cid: c})
+
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore_test.go b/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore_test.go
index 1bbd32974..1c80585d7 100644
--- a/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore_test.go
+++ b/cmd/booster-bitswap/remoteblockstore/remoteblockstore_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ func TestNormalizeError(t *testing.T) {
 		err:           fmt.Errorf(fmt.Errorf("some err: %w", format.ErrNotFound{}).Error()),
 		expected:      fmt.Errorf("some err: %w", format.ErrNotFound{}),
 		isNotFoundErr: true,
+	}, {
+		name:          "block not found",
+		err:           fmt.Errorf("block not found"),
+		expected:      format.ErrNotFound{},
+		isNotFoundErr: true,
+	}, {
+		name:          "different capitalization not found",
+		err:           fmt.Errorf("block nOt FoUnd"),
+		expected:      format.ErrNotFound{},
+		isNotFoundErr: true,
 	}, {
 		name:          "different error",
 		err:           fmt.Errorf("some other err"),
@@ -67,6 +77,11 @@ func TestNormalizeError(t *testing.T) {
 		err:           fmt.Errorf(ipldNotFoundPrefix + "badcid"),
 		expected:      fmt.Errorf(ipldNotFoundPrefix + "badcid"),
 		isNotFoundErr: false,
+	}, {
+		name:          "nil error",
+		err:           nil,
+		expected:      nil,
+		isNotFoundErr: false,
 	}}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
@@ -77,7 +92,11 @@ func TestNormalizeError(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				require.False(t, format.IsNotFound(err))
 			}
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expected.Error(), err.Error())
+			if tc.err == nil {
+				require.Nil(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expected.Error(), err.Error())
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }