from settings import MEDIA_URL
-from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
-from django.template import RequestContext, loader 
-
+from django.shortcuts import render
 
 def render_404(request, template_name='404.html'):
-    t = loader.get_template(template_name)
-    return HttpResponseNotFound( \
-        t.render(RequestContext(request,
-            {
-                'request_path': request.path,
-                'media_url'   : MEDIA_URL,
-            }
-        )))
+    c = {}
+    return render(request, '404.html', c, status=404)