diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index e19d5b142..ca5229f79 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
 
   def respond_with_error(code)
-    render "errors/#{code}", layout: 'error', status: code
+    render "errors/#{code}", layout: 'error', status: code, formats: [:html]
   end
 end