diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/helpers/respond_with.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/helpers/respond_with.rb
index 55d38ed7..746152fb 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/helpers/respond_with.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/helpers/respond_with.rb
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ class Travis::Api::App
     module RespondWith
       include Accept
 
+      STATUS = {
+        success: 200,
+        not_found: 404
+      }
+
       def respond_with(resource, options = {})
         result = respond(resource, options)
         if result && response.content_type =~ /application\/json/
-          if !params[:pretty].nil? && (params[:pretty].downcase == 'true' || params[:pretty].to_i > 0)
-            result = JSON.pretty_generate(result)
-          else
-            result = result.to_json
-          end
+          status STATUS[result[:result]] if result.is_a?(Hash) && result[:result].is_a?(Symbol)
+          result = prettify_result? ? JSON.pretty_generate(result) : result.to_json
         end
         halt result || 404
       end
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ class Travis::Api::App
           response || (resource ? error(406) : error(404))
         end
 
+        def prettify_result?
+          !params[:pretty].nil? && (params[:pretty].downcase == 'true' || params[:pretty].to_i > 0)
+        end
+
         def apply_service_responder(resource, options)
           responder = Responders::Service.new(self, resource, options)
           resource  = responder.apply if responder.apply?
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/responders/service.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/responders/service.rb
index 55316b27..57942234 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/responders/service.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/responders/service.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module Travis::Api
           # If it's nil we also pass it but yield not_found.
           def normalize(result)
             case result
-            when String, true, false
+            when Symbol, String, true, false
               { result: result }
             else
               result
diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
index 341d968b..80fd9e20 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/services/schedule_request.rb
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ class Travis::Api::App
           Metriks.meter('api.request.create').mark
           Travis::Sidekiq::BuildRequest.perform_async(type: 'api', payload: payload, credentials: {})
           messages << { notice: 'Build request scheduled.' }
-          true
+          :success
         end
 
         def not_found
           messages << { error: "Repository #{slug} not found." }
-          false
+          :not_found
         end
 
         def active?
diff --git a/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb b/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
index 03ec98f8..4e04e82d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/endpoint/requests_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe Travis::Api::App::Endpoint::Requests do
       end
 
       it 'includes a notice' do
-        expect(response.body).to eq '{"result":false,"flash":[{"error":"Repository owner/name not found."}]}'
+        expect(response.body).to eq '{"result":"not_found","flash":[{"error":"Repository owner/name not found."}]}'
       end
     end
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe Travis::Api::App::Endpoint::Requests do
       end
 
       it 'includes a notice' do
-        expect(response.body).to eq '{"result":true,"flash":[{"notice":"Build request scheduled."}]}'
+        expect(response.body).to eq '{"result":"success","flash":[{"notice":"Build request scheduled."}]}'
       end
 
       it 'schedules the build request' do