diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 361a813..e45c86a 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::str::Utf8Error;
 
 use hex::FromHexError;
 use hmac::digest::InvalidLength as HmacInvalidLength;
+use hyper::StatusCode;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Error {
@@ -38,12 +39,27 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
 	Var(VarError),
 }
 
+impl Error {
+	pub fn status(&self) -> StatusCode {
+		match self {
+			Self::MethodMismatch(_) => StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
+			Self::InvalidSecret => StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+			Self::InvalidContentType => StatusCode::UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
+			Self::InvalidSignature => StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+			Self::InvalidRequest => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+			_ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 impl StdError for Error {}
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
 	fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
 		match self {
-			Error::MethodMismatch(method) => write!(fmt, "method is invalid {method}, expected POST"),
+			Error::MethodMismatch(method) => {
+				write!(fmt, "method is invalid {method}, expected POST")
+			}
 			Error::InvalidSecret => write!(fmt, "the secret is invalid"),
 			Error::InvalidContentType => write!(fmt, "the content-type is invalid"),
 			Error::InvalidSignature => write!(fmt, "the signature is invalid"),
diff --git a/src/web.rs b/src/web.rs
index 499f186..1899ba0 100644
--- a/src/web.rs
+++ b/src/web.rs
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender;
 
 type HmacSha256 = Hmac<Sha256>;
 
-fn error_res<E: std::fmt::Debug>(e: E) -> Result<Response<Full<Bytes>>, Infallible> {
+fn error_res(e: Error) -> Result<Response<Full<Bytes>>, Infallible> {
 	error!("error response: {:?}", e);
 
 	let text = format!("{:?}", e);
 	let res = Response::builder()
-		.status(200)
+		.status(e.status())
 		.body(Full::new(Bytes::from(text)))
 		.unwrap();
 	Ok(res)