diff --git a/chalicelib/resources/arcus_read_only.py b/chalicelib/resources/arcus_read_only.py
index 2ee2a1e..abc03bd 100644
--- a/chalicelib/resources/arcus_read_only.py
+++ b/chalicelib/resources/arcus_read_only.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from arcus.client import Client
 from arcus.exc import InvalidAuth
+from chalice import Response
 
 from .base import app
 
@@ -12,10 +13,6 @@
 topup_secret_key: str = os.environ['TOPUP_SECRET_KEY']
 
 
-def make_response(status_code: int, body: dict) -> dict:
-    return {'statusCode': status_code, 'body': json.dumps(body)}
-
-
 @app.route('/{event}', methods=['GET'])
 def lambda_handler(event: str) -> dict:
     request = app.current_request
@@ -38,10 +35,13 @@ def lambda_handler(event: str) -> dict:
             response['topup'] = vars(response['topup'])
         else:
             response = client.get(f'/{path}')
-        return response
+        return Response(body=response, status_code=200,)
     except InvalidAuth:
-        return make_response(401, dict(message='Invalid Authentication Token'))
+        return Response(
+            body=dict(message='Invalid Authentication Token'), status_code=401,
+        )
     except Exception as ex:
-        return make_response(
-            400, dict(message='Bad Request', exception=str(ex))
+        return Response(
+            body=dict(message='Bad Request', exception=str(ex)),
+            status_code=400,
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_read_only.py b/tests/test_read_only.py
index 7e9f899..36a9516 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_only.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_only.py
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ def test_catch_exception(client: RequestHandler) -> None:
         headers: dict = {'X-ARCUS-SANDBOX': 'true'}
         response = client.get('/test?page=1', headers=headers)
 
-        assert response.status_code == 200
-        assert response.json["statusCode"] == 400
-        assert "body" in response.json
-        resp: dict = json.loads(response.json["body"])
-        assert resp["message"] == "Bad Request"
+        assert response.status_code == 400
+        assert response.json["message"] == "Bad Request"
 
 
 def test_catch_exception_auth(client: RequestHandler) -> None:
@@ -75,8 +72,5 @@ def test_catch_exception_auth(client: RequestHandler) -> None:
         headers: dict = {'X-ARCUS-SANDBOX': 'true'}
         response = client.get('/test?page=1', headers=headers)
 
-        assert response.status_code == 200
-        assert response.json["statusCode"] == 401
-        assert "body" in response.json
-        resp: dict = json.loads(response.json["body"])
-        assert resp["message"] == "Invalid Authentication Token"
+        assert response.status_code == 401
+        assert response.json["message"] == "Invalid Authentication Token"