diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
index c5d0e57..8caf05e 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@
             String errorMessage = ResultUtils.buildParseExceptionMessage(pe, query);
             JSONObject errorResp = ResultUtils.getErrorResponse(2, errorMessage, "", "");
             out.write(errorResp.toString());
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
             ResultUtils.apiErrorHandler(out, e);
+            response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
         }
     }