diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs b/src/Ocelot/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
index abba08b1..5c1e9fd0 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Ocelot.Errors;
-using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Responder
 {
     public class ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper : IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper
     {
-        public Response<int> Map(List<Error> errors)
+        public int Map(List<Error> errors)
         {
             if (errors.Any(e => e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.UnauthenticatedError))
             {
-                return new OkResponse<int>(401);
+                return 401;
             }
 
             if (errors.Any(e => e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.UnauthorizedError 
@@ -19,20 +18,20 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder
                 || e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.UserDoesNotHaveClaimError
                 || e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.CannotFindClaimError))
             {
-                return new OkResponse<int>(403);
+                return 403;
             }
 
             if (errors.Any(e => e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.RequestTimedOutError))
             {
-                return new OkResponse<int>(503);
-            }
-
+                return 503;
+            }
+
             if (errors.Any(e => e.Code == OcelotErrorCode.UnableToFindDownstreamRouteError))
             {
-                return new OkResponse<int>(404);
+                return 404;
             }
 
-            return new OkResponse<int>(404);
+            return 404;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Responder/IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs b/src/Ocelot/Responder/IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
index b4b610d9..61330db9 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Responder/IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Responder/IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Ocelot.Errors;
-using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Responder
-{
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Map a list OceoltErrors to a single appropriate HTTP status code
+    /// </summary>
     public interface IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper
     {
-        Response<int> Map(List<Error> errors);
+        int Map(List<Error> errors);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/ResponderMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/ResponderMiddleware.cs
index a15bb68b..f086b566 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/ResponderMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/ResponderMiddleware.cs
@@ -56,18 +56,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder.Middleware
             _logger.LogTrace($"completed {MiddlwareName}");
         }
 
-        private void SetErrorResponse(HttpContext context, List<Error> errors)
-        {
+        private void SetErrorResponse(HttpContext context, List<Error> errors)
+        {
             var statusCode = _codeMapper.Map(errors);
 
-            if (!statusCode.IsError)
-            {
-                _responder.SetErrorResponseOnContext(context, statusCode.Data);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                _responder.SetErrorResponseOnContext(context, 500);
-            }
+            _responder.SetErrorResponseOnContext(context, statusCode);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests.cs
index d2ac91e0..3b79715e 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Responder/ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using Ocelot.Errors;
 using Ocelot.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Requester;
 using Ocelot.Responder;
-using Ocelot.Responses;
 using Shouldly;
 using TestStack.BDDfy;
 using Xunit;
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
     public class ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests
     {
         private readonly IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper _codeMapper;
-        private Response<int> _result;
+        private int _result;
         private List<Error> _errors;
 
         public ErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapperTests()
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
 
         private void ThenTheResponseIsStatusCodeIs(int expectedCode)
         {
-            _result.Data.ShouldBe(expectedCode);
+            _result.ShouldBe(expectedCode);
         }    
     }
 }