diff --git a/share/www/script/test/replication.js b/share/www/script/test/replication.js
index 5e85847..2574662 100644
--- a/share/www/script/test/replication.js
+++ b/share/www/script/test/replication.js
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@
   T(continuousResult._local_id);
 
   var cancelResult = CouchDB.replicate(dbA.name, "test_suite_db_b", {
-    body: {"cancel": true}
+    body: {"continuous":true, "cancel": true}
   });
   T(cancelResult.ok);
   T(continuousResult._local_id == cancelResult._local_id);
 
   try {
    var cancelResult2 = CouchDB.replicate(dbA.name, "test_suite_db_b", {
-     body: {"cancel": true}
+     body: {"continuous":true, "cancel": true}
    });
   } catch (e) {
     T(e.error == "not_found");
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
index fd323f7..6e4295e 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
@@ -84,8 +84,14 @@
     {error, not_found} = R ->
         R;
     ok ->
-        ok = supervisor:delete_child(couch_rep_sup, RepId),
-        {ok, {cancelled, ?l2b(BaseId)}}
+        case supervisor:delete_child(couch_rep_sup, RepId) of
+            ok ->
+                {ok, {cancelled, ?l2b(BaseId)}};
+            {error, not_found} ->
+                {ok, {cancelled, ?l2b(BaseId)}};
+            {error, _} = Error ->
+                Error
+        end
     end.
 
 start_replication(RepDoc, {BaseId, Extension}, UserCtx) ->