diff --git a/products/views.py b/products/views.py
index a318bcb..3246e55 100644
--- a/products/views.py
+++ b/products/views.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models import Q
 
 # Create your views here.
+from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework import viewsets
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsAdminUser, IsAuthenticated
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ def load_coop_products(request):
                         logging.error(f"Could not parse {row}")
             return Response()
       except Exception as e:
-            return Response({"errors": {"details": str(type(e))}})
+            return Response({"errors": {"details": str(type(e))}}, status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
 
 
 @api_view(['GET',])  # include allowed methods
@@ -168,4 +169,4 @@ def product_search(request):
             product_serializer = ProductSerializer(result_set, many=True)
             return Response(data={"filters": filters, "products": product_serializer.data})
       except Exception as e:
-            return Response({"errors": {"details": str(type(e))}})
+            return Response({"errors": {"details": str(type(e))}}, status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)