diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index cc747a89846a837f77acfba87bafd127b999c25f..dcb58e47b9943b4efcc77f9bc8f5ba060f9b0d78 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ def create_app(config: Config = Config) -> Flask:
     scheduler.init_app(app)
     socketio.init_app(app, message_queue=app.config['NOPAQUE_SOCKETIO_MESSAGE_QUEUE_URI'])  # noqa
 
+    from .errors import init_app as init_error_handlers
+    init_error_handlers(app)
+
     from .admin import bp as admin_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(admin_blueprint, url_prefix='/admin')
 
@@ -69,9 +72,6 @@ def create_app(config: Config = Config) -> Flask:
     from .corpora import bp as corpora_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(corpora_blueprint, url_prefix='/corpora')
 
-    from .errors import bp as errors_blueprint
-    app.register_blueprint(errors_blueprint)
-
     from .jobs import bp as jobs_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(jobs_blueprint, url_prefix='/jobs')
 
diff --git a/app/errors/__init__.py b/app/errors/__init__.py
index 0d79af4857891d0c86c260b95416c3ddac5f80b3..1f0480b4d12b7ddb76d17a898fcd2a2a15f0f716 100644
--- a/app/errors/__init__.py
+++ b/app/errors/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
+from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
+from .handlers import generic_error_handler
 
 
-bp = Blueprint('errors', __name__)
-from . import handlers
+def init_app(app):
+    app.register_error_handler(HTTPException, generic_error_handler)
diff --git a/app/errors/handlers.py b/app/errors/handlers.py
index cc6c926869536362764b0cab2ac8d75eed1dc0ea..5a6c413d3b2205cbed1e377b8c5fd7f7a8648fae 100644
--- a/app/errors/handlers.py
+++ b/app/errors/handlers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-from flask import render_template, request
-from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
-from . import bp
+from flask import render_template
 
 
-@bp.errorhandler(HTTPException)
 def generic_error_handler(e):
-    if (request.accept_mimetypes.accept_json
-            and not request.accept_mimetypes.accept_html):
-        return {'errors': {'message': e.description}}, e.code
+    print('test')
     return render_template('errors/error.html.j2', error=e), e.code