diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ff218d5..19f153c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ The API(s) provided by query-server are as follows:
 
 > *format* : [ `json`, `xml` ]
 
-A sample query : `/api/v1/search/bing?query=fossasia&format=xml`
+A sample query : `/api/v1/search/bing?query=fossasia&format=xml&num=10`
 
 ## Error Codes
     404 Not Found : Incorrect Search Engine, Zero Response
     400 Bad Request : query and/or format is not in the correct format
+    500 Internal Server Error : Server Error from Search Engine
 
 ## Dependencies
 
diff --git a/app/server.py b/app/server.py
index d44fc5d3..93b4f579 100644
--- a/app/server.py
+++ b/app/server.py
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
 client = MongoClient(os.environ.get('MONGO_URI', 'mongodb://localhost:27017/'))
 db = client['query-server-v2']
+errorObj = {
+    'type' : 'Internal Server Error',
+    'status_code' : 500,
+    'error' : 'Could not parse the page due to Internal Server Error'
+}
 
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
@@ -67,8 +72,7 @@ def search(search_engine):
                 return Response(xmlfeed, mimetype='application/xml')
 
     except Exception as e:
-        return (e)
-
+        return Response(json.dumps(errorObj).encode('utf-8'),mimetype='application/json')
 @app.after_request
 def set_header(r):
     r.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94edc743..a626bd07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bower": "^1.8.0"
   },
-  "scripts":
-    {
-        "postinstall": "bower install"
-    }
+  "scripts": {
+    "postinstall": "bower install"
+  }
 }