diff --git a/apiutils.go b/apiutils.go
index 9f972be..ffb4095 100644
--- a/apiutils.go
+++ b/apiutils.go
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ func NewErrorResponse(status int, message string) ErrorResponse {
 }
 
 func ServeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, v interface{}) {
+	serve(w, v, http.StatusOK)
+}
+
+func ServeError(w http.ResponseWriter, errRes ErrorResponse) {
+	serve(w, errRes, errRes.Status)
+}
+
+func serve(w http.ResponseWriter, v interface{}, status int) {
 	content, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -75,14 +83,10 @@ func ServeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, v interface{}) {
 	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(content)))
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
 	w.Write(content)
 }
 
-func ServeError(w http.ResponseWriter, errRes ErrorResponse) {
-	w.WriteHeader(errRes.Status)
-	ServeJSON(w, errRes)
-}
-
 const (
 	StatusUnprocessableEntity = 422
 )