diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/plugins/Acl_plugin.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/plugins/Acl_plugin.php
index 635882391..5f6b64959 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/plugins/Acl_plugin.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/plugins/Acl_plugin.php
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ class Zend_Controller_Plugin_Acl extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
             // we need to do API key verification
             if ($request->getModuleName() == "rest") {
                 if (!$this->verifyAuth()) {
-                    $this->denyAccess();
+                    //$this->denyAccess();
                     //$this->getResponse()->sendResponse();
                     //$r->gotoSimpleAndExit('index', 'login', $request->getModuleName());
 
                     //die();
-                    return;
+                    throw new Zend_Controller_Exception("hi", 401);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/index.php b/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
index 7a99db0b3..f9c6e4fe4 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/index.php
@@ -92,11 +92,17 @@ try {
     }
 } catch (Exception $e) {
 
-    header($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . ' 500 Internal Server Error', true, 500);
+    if ($e->getCode() == 401)
+    {
+        header($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . ' 401 Unauthorized', true, 401);
+        return;
+    }
 
+    header($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . ' 500 Internal Server Error', true, 500);
     Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+
     if (VERBOSE_STACK_TRACE) {
-        echo $e->getMessage();
+        echo $e->getMessage() . '<br>';
         echo "<pre>";
         echo $e->getTraceAsString();
         echo "</pre>";