diff --git a/gallery_dl/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
index 45b815ec..6e5ae0a8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ def main():
                 except exception.AuthenticationError:
                     print("Authentication failed. Please provide a valid "
                           "username/password pair.", file=sys.stderr)
+                except exception.AuthorizationError:
+                    print("You do not have permission to access the resource ",
+                          "at '", url, "'", sep="", file=sys.stderr)
                 except exception.NotFoundError as err:
                     res = str(err) or "resource (gallery/image/user)"
                     print("The ", res, " at '", url, "' does not exist",
diff --git a/gallery_dl/exception.py b/gallery_dl/exception.py
index 0448aa7e..43e3d1e8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/exception.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/exception.py
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ class NoExtractorError(Exception):
 class AuthenticationError(Exception):
     """Invalid or missing login information"""
 
+class AuthorizationError(Exception):
+    """Insufficient privileges to access a resource"""
+
 class NotFoundError(Exception):
     """Requested resource (gallery/image) does not exist"""
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
index 0eb9bb54..56b92e39 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/batoto.py
@@ -42,7 +42,16 @@ class BatotoChapterExtractor(AsynchronousExtractor):
             "p": 1,
             "supress_webtoon": "t",
         }
-        page = self.request(self.reader_url, params=params).text
+        response = self.session.get(self.reader_url, params=params)
+        if response.status_code == 405:
+            error = text.extract(response.text, "ERROR [", "]")[0]
+            if error == "10030":
+                raise exception.AuthorizationError()
+            elif error == "10020":
+                raise exception.NotFoundError("chapter")
+            else:
+                raise Exception("[batoto] unexpected error code: " + error)
+        page = response.text
         data = self.get_job_metadata(page)
         yield Message.Version, 1
         yield Message.Directory, data.copy()
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ class BatotoChapterExtractor(AsynchronousExtractor):
             "anonymous": "1",
         }
         response = self.request(self.url + "forums/index.php",
-                                 method="POST", params=params, data=data)
+                                method="POST", params=params, data=data)
         if "Sign In - " in response.text:
             raise exception.AuthenticationError()
         return {c: response.cookies[c] for c in ("member_id", "pass_hash")}