diff --git a/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb b/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
index 2352df629..7b23a99c3 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
+++ b/lib/middleware/compressed_requests.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def call(env)
       rescue => err
         Raven.capture_exception(err)
         Rails.logger.error(err.inspect)
-        [500, {}, [{ "status": 500, "title": err.message }.to_json]]
+        [500, {}, [{ "status": 400, "title": err.message }.to_json]]
       end
     end