diff --git a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
index d930c0da959..505f98a2ff4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ class ForumsController < ApplicationController
 
   def status
     if $shutdown
-      render text: 'shutting down', status: 500
+      render text: 'shutting down', status: 500, content_type: 'text/plain'
     else
-      render text: 'ok'
+      render text: 'ok', content_type: 'text/plain'
     end
   end