diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index 6ffa5c8a0..f87b0cba1 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function apiResultHandler(req, res, result) {
 
 function send(res, statusCode, response) {
     if (typeof response === 'string') {
-        res.status(statusCode, response);
+        res.status(statusCode).send(response);
 
         return response.length;
     }