diff --git a/httputils.go b/httputils.go
index 4cd7e85b..645c3a20 100644
--- a/httputils.go
+++ b/httputils.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type APIResponse struct {
 
 // respond response returns a JSON response to the client.
 func (s *server) respond(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, resp interface{}) {
+	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
 	err := encoder.Encode(resp)
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func (s *server) respond(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, resp interface{
 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)
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
 	werr := encoder.Encode(APIResponse{
diff --git a/test.json b/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b24017d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+	"name": "test4",
+	"namespace": "zachary-seguin",
+	"image": "k8scc01covidacr.azurecr.io/minimal-notebook-cpu:d58600076b0c188364d8651d3986ee0d37ecb4ad",
+	"customImage": "",
+	"customImageCheck": false,
+	"cpu": "0.5",
+	"memory": "1.0Gi",
+	"gpus": {
+		"num": "none"
+	},
+	"noWorkspace": false,
+	"workspace": {
+		"type": "Existing",
+		"name": "workspace-test4",
+		"templatedName": "workspace-{notebook-name}",
+		"class": "{none}",
+		"extraFields": {}
+	},
+	"datavols": [],
+	"shm": true,
+	"configurations": ["minio-profile"]
+}