diff --git a/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServlet.java b/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServlet.java
index 82f6a3714813b..122c6f73adf5a 100644
--- a/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServlet.java
+++ b/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServlet.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected void process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
       if (in == null) {
         response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
       } else {
-        response.setStatus(200);
+        response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
         ByteStreams.copy(in, response.getOutputStream());
       }
     } else {
@@ -116,10 +116,14 @@ protected void process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
           new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF-8")).lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
         final String updatedTemplate =
           htmlTemplate.replace(HELPER_SERVLET_TEMPLATE_CONFIG_JSON_VAR, json);
+        if (resource.equals("/")) {
+          response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+        } else {
+          response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
+        }
 
         response.setContentType("text/html");
         response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
-        response.setStatus(200);
         response.getOutputStream().print(updatedTemplate);
       }
     }
diff --git a/java/server/test/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServletTest.java b/java/server/test/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServletTest.java
index b03f512edeb91..378d16a8f9e1e 100644
--- a/java/server/test/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServletTest.java
+++ b/java/server/test/org/openqa/grid/web/servlet/DisplayHelpServletTest.java
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 import org.openqa.grid.web.servlet.console.ConsoleServlet;
 import org.openqa.testing.FakeHttpServletResponse;
 import org.seleniumhq.jetty9.server.handler.ContextHandler;
@@ -77,11 +74,16 @@ public void testGetHelpPageAsset() throws IOException, ServletException {
     assertTrue(response.getBody().contains("#help-heading #logo"));
   }
 
-  @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+  @Test
   public void testNoSuchAsset() throws IOException, ServletException {
-    // will result in a call to sendError ..
-    // FakeHttpServlet will then turn that into an UnsupportedOperationException
-    sendCommand("GET", "/assets/foo.bar");
+    FakeHttpServletResponse response = sendCommand("GET", "/assets/foo.bar");
+    assertEquals(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND, response.getStatus());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAccessRoot() throws IOException, ServletException {
+    FakeHttpServletResponse response = sendCommand("GET", "/");
+    assertEquals(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK, response.getStatus());
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/java/server/test/org/openqa/testing/FakeHttpServletResponse.java b/java/server/test/org/openqa/testing/FakeHttpServletResponse.java
index fc1c90478a3fd..f2eca908389e6 100644
--- a/java/server/test/org/openqa/testing/FakeHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/java/server/test/org/openqa/testing/FakeHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public void sendError(int i, String s) {
   }
 
   public void sendError(int i) {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    setStatus(i);
   }
 
   public void sendRedirect(String s) {