diff --git a/application/MantisBT/Exception/Access/AccessDenied.php b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Access/AccessDenied.php
index 7a56bec287..4a33021099 100644
--- a/application/MantisBT/Exception/Access/AccessDenied.php
+++ b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Access/AccessDenied.php
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ class AccessDenied extends ExceptionAbstract {
 	public function __construct() {
 		$errorMessage = lang_get(ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, null, false);
 		parent::__construct( ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, $errorMessage, null );
+		$this->responseCode = 403;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/application/MantisBT/Exception/ExceptionAbstract.php b/application/MantisBT/Exception/ExceptionAbstract.php
index e69d627ac1..f95cb6a100 100644
--- a/application/MantisBT/Exception/ExceptionAbstract.php
+++ b/application/MantisBT/Exception/ExceptionAbstract.php
@@ -3,25 +3,24 @@
 use \Exception;
 
 abstract class ExceptionAbstract extends Exception {
-    protected $message = 'Unknown exception';     // Exception message
-    private   $string;                            // Unknown
-    protected $code    = 0;                       // User-defined exception code
-    protected $file;                              // Source filename of exception
-    protected $line;                              // Source line of exception
-    private   $trace;                             // Unknown
+	protected $code = 0;
+	protected $message = 'Unknown exception';
+	protected $file;
+	protected $line;
+	protected $responseCode = 500;
+	private $trace;
+	private $context = null;
 
-	private $context = null;		// Mantis Context
-    public function __construct($code = 0, $parameters = null, Exception $previous = null) {
+	public function __construct($code = 0, $parameters = null, Exception $previous = null) {
 		$message = var_export( $parameters, true);
 
 		$this->context = $parameters;
-        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
-    }
+		parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
+	}
 
-    public function __toString() {
-        return get_class( $this ) . " '{$this->message}' in {$this->file}({$this->line})\n"
-                                . "{$this->getTraceAsString()}";
-    }
+	public function __toString() {
+		return get_class( $this ) . " '{$this->message}' in {$this->file}({$this->line})\n" . "{$this->getTraceAsString()}";
+	}
 
 	public function getContext() {
 		return $this->context;
diff --git a/application/MantisBT/Exception/Field/EmptyField.php b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Field/EmptyField.php
index b4e48694ad..365489dfcf 100644
--- a/application/MantisBT/Exception/Field/EmptyField.php
+++ b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Field/EmptyField.php
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ public function __construct($fieldName) {
 		$errorMessage = lang_get(ERROR_EMPTY_FIELD, null, false);
 		$errorMessage = sprintf($errorMessage, $fieldName);
 		parent::__construct(ERROR_EMPTY_FIELD, $errorMessage, null);
+		$this->responseCode = 400;
 	}
 }