diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 046f71a1..1b08c3bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go install .
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=frontend /app/dist/out/default /static/
 COPY --from=backend /go/bin/jupyter-apis /jupyter-apis
+EXPOSE 5000
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/jupyter-apis" ]
diff --git a/httputils.go b/httputils.go
index 645c3a20..5ee7a529 100644
--- a/httputils.go
+++ b/httputils.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *server) error(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
 	log.Printf("returning error response: %v", err)
 
 	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
 	werr := encoder.Encode(APIResponse{
 		Success: false,