diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ beaker.cache.sql_cache_long.key_length =
 ## dbm, file, memcached, database, and memory. 
 ## The storage uses the Container API 
 ##that is also used by the cache system.
+
+#db session example
+#beaker.session.type = ext:database
+#beaker.session.sa.url = postgresql://postgres:qwe@localhost/rhodecode
+#beaker.session.table_name = db_session 
+
 beaker.session.type = file
 
 beaker.session.key = rhodecode
diff --git a/production.ini b/production.ini
--- a/production.ini
+++ b/production.ini
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ beaker.cache.sql_cache_long.key_length =
 ## dbm, file, memcached, database, and memory. 
 ## The storage uses the Container API 
 ##that is also used by the cache system.
+
+#db session example
+#beaker.session.type = ext:database
+#beaker.session.sa.url = postgresql://postgres:qwe@localhost/rhodecode
+#beaker.session.table_name = db_session 
+
 beaker.session.type = file
 
 beaker.session.key = rhodecode
diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/api/__init__.py b/rhodecode/controllers/api/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/api/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/api/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib.compat import izip_lo
 from paste.response import replace_header
 
 from pylons.controllers import WSGIController
-from pylons.controllers.util import Response
+
 
 from webob.exc import HTTPNotFound, HTTPForbidden, HTTPInternalServerError, \
 HTTPBadRequest, HTTPError
@@ -56,9 +56,15 @@ class JSONRPCError(BaseException):
 
 
 def jsonrpc_error(message, code=None):
-    """Generate a Response object with a JSON-RPC error body"""
-    return Response(body=json.dumps(dict(result=None,
-                                         error=message)))
+    """
+    Generate a Response object with a JSON-RPC error body
+    """
+    from pylons.controllers.util import Response
+    resp = Response(body=json.dumps(dict(result=None, error=message)),
+                    status=code,
+                    content_type='application/json')
+    return resp
+
 
 
 class JSONRPCController(WSGIController):