diff --git a/api/src/core/api.js b/api/src/core/api.js
index fee4007d..1de90033 100644
--- a/api/src/core/api.js
+++ b/api/src/core/api.js
@@ -52,16 +52,13 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, __dirname) {
         legacyHeaders: false,
         keyGenerator: req => generateHmac(getIP(req), ipSalt),
         handler: (req, res) => {
-            return res.status(429).json({
-                status: "error",
-                error: {
-                    code: "ErrorRateLimit",
-                    context: {
-                        limit: env.rateLimitWindow
-                    },
-                    text: "ErrorRateLimit" // temporary backwards compatibility
+            const { status, body } = createResponse("error", {
+                code: "error.rate_exceeded",
+                context: {
+                    limit: env.rateLimitWindow
                 }
             });
+            return res.status(status).json(body);
         }
     })
 
@@ -104,13 +101,13 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, __dirname) {
     app.use('/', express.json({ limit: 1024 }));
     app.use('/', (err, _, res, next) => {
         if (err) {
-            return res.status(400).json({
-                status: "error",
-                error: {
-                    code: "error.body.invalid",
-                },
-                text: "invalid json body", // temporary backwards compatibility
+            const { status, body } = createResponse("error", {
+                code: "error.body_invalid",
+                context: {
+                    limit: env.rateLimitWindow
+                }
             });
+            return res.status(status).json(body);
         }
 
         next();
diff --git a/api/src/processing/request.js b/api/src/processing/request.js
index e90d17d2..22e34969 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/request.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/request.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const apiRequest = {
 
 export function createResponse(responseType, responseData) {
     const internalError = (code) => {
-        let error = code || "Internal Server Error";
         return {
             status: 500,
             body: {
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ export function createResponse(responseType, responseData) {
                 error: {
                     code: code || "Internal Server Error",
                 },
-                text: error, // temporary backwards compatibility
                 critical: true
             }
         }
@@ -42,14 +40,8 @@ export function createResponse(responseType, responseData) {
         let status = 200,
             response = {};
 
-        switch(responseType) {
-            case "error":
-                status = 400;
-                break;
-
-            case "rate-limit":
-                status = 429;
-                break;
+        if (responseType === "error") {
+            status = 400;
         }
 
         switch (responseType) {
@@ -58,17 +50,9 @@ export function createResponse(responseType, responseData) {
                     error: {
                         code: responseData.code,
                         context: responseData?.context,
-                    },
-                    text: responseData.code, // temporary backwards compatibility
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
-            case "success":
-            case "rate-limit":
-                response = {
-                    text: responseData.t,
-                }
-                break;
-
             case "redirect":
                 response = {
                     url: responseData.u,