diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/common/RESTErrorUtil.java b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/common/RESTErrorUtil.java
index d6cced8816..9b9b70649f 100644
--- a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/common/RESTErrorUtil.java
+++ b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/common/RESTErrorUtil.java
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ public WebApplicationException createRESTException(int responseCode,
 		VXResponse response = new VXResponse();
 
 		response.setMsgDesc(logMessage);
+		response.setStatusCode(responseCode);
 
 		Response errorResponse = Response
 				.status(responseCode).entity(response).build();
diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/rest/TagREST.java b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/rest/TagREST.java
index 6675d71a6d..7f38061f9f 100755
--- a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/rest/TagREST.java
+++ b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/rest/TagREST.java
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public RangerTagDef updateTagDef(@PathParam("id") Long id, RangerTagDef tagDef)
 
     @DELETE
     @Path(TagRESTConstants.TAGDEF_RESOURCE + "{id}")
+    @Produces("application/json")
     @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_SYS_ADMIN')")
     public void deleteTagDef(@PathParam("id") Long id) {
         if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ public void deleteTagDef(@PathParam("id") Long id) {
 
     @DELETE
     @Path(TagRESTConstants.TAGDEF_RESOURCE + "guid/{guid}")
+    @Produces("application/json")
     @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_SYS_ADMIN')")
     public void deleteTagDefByGuid(@PathParam("guid") String guid) {
         if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {