diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 552d001..5661b5c 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ type Context struct {
 	handlers []Handler              // the handlers associated with the current route
 }
 
+var defaultContentType = []byte("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+// Error sets response status code to the given value and sets response body
+// to the given message.
+func (c *Context) ErrorWithHeaders(msg string, statusCode int) {
+	c.SetStatusCode(statusCode)
+	c.SetContentTypeBytes(defaultContentType)
+	c.SetBodyString(msg)
+}
+
 // Router returns the Router that is handling the incoming HTTP request.
 func (c *Context) Router() *Router {
 	return c.router
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index f6bccbd..b55fbe5 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ func (r *Router) NotFound(handlers ...Handler) {
 // handleError is the error handler for handling any unhandled errors.
 func (r *Router) handleError(c *Context, err error) {
 	if httpError, ok := err.(HTTPError); ok {
-		c.Error(httpError.Error(), httpError.StatusCode())
+		c.ErrorWithHeaders(httpError.Error(), httpError.StatusCode())
 	} else {
-		c.Error(err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		c.ErrorWithHeaders(err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }