diff --git a/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts b/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
index 79497acfdd..cec7eaecc6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 
 import { REQUEST_ID } from '../constants';
 
-@Catch(HttpException)
+@Catch()
 export class ExceptionLogger implements ExceptionFilter {
   private logger = new Logger('ExceptionLogger');
 
   catch(exception: Error, host: ArgumentsHost) {
+    // with useGlobalFilters, the context is always HTTP
     const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
     const request = ctx.getRequest<Request>();
     const requestId = request?.header(REQUEST_ID);
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ export class ExceptionLogger implements ExceptionFilter {
 
     const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
     if (exception instanceof HttpException) {
-      response.json(exception.getResponse());
+      response.status(exception.getStatus()).json(exception.getResponse());
     } else {
       response.status(500).json({
-        message: exception.message,
         statusCode: 500,
+        error: exception.message,
       });
     }
   }