diff --git a/src/Exception/OAuthServerException.php b/src/Exception/OAuthServerException.php
index b0309290..c68c541d 100644
--- a/src/Exception/OAuthServerException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/OAuthServerException.php
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ class OAuthServerException extends \Exception
             $response = $response->withHeader($header, $content);
         }
 
-        $response = $response->withStatus($this->getHttpStatusCode());
         $response->getBody()->write(json_encode($payload));
-        return $response;
+
+        return $response->withStatus($this->getHttpStatusCode());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Middleware/AuthenticationServerMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/AuthenticationServerMiddleware.php
index a71d4218..14ac1c32 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/AuthenticationServerMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/AuthenticationServerMiddleware.php
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ class AuthenticationServerMiddleware
         } catch (OAuthServerException $exception) {
             return $exception->generateHttpResponse($response);
         } catch (\Exception $exception) {
-            return $response->withStatus(500)->write($exception->getMessage());
+            $response->getBody()->write($exception->getMessage());
+
+            return $response->withStatus(500);
         }
 
         if (in_array($response->getStatusCode(), [400, 401, 500])) {
diff --git a/src/Middleware/ResourceServerMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/ResourceServerMiddleware.php
index ebcf2794..1794cdce 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/ResourceServerMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/ResourceServerMiddleware.php
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ class ResourceServerMiddleware
         } catch (OAuthServerException $exception) {
             return $exception->generateHttpResponse($response);
         } catch (\Exception $exception) {
-            return $response->withStatus(500)->write($exception->getMessage());
+            $response->getBody()->write($exception->getMessage());
+
+            return $response->withStatus(500);
         }
 
         // Pass the request and response on to the next responder in the chain