diff --git a/src/blarg/handler.clj b/src/blarg/handler.clj
index a3da18c..ab7fb20 100644
--- a/src/blarg/handler.clj
+++ b/src/blarg/handler.clj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   (:require [noir.util.middleware :refer [app-handler]]
             [noir.response :as resp]
             [compojure.route :as route]
+            [compojure.response :refer [render]]
             [taoensso.timbre :as timbre]
             [taoensso.timbre.appenders.rotor :as rotor]
             [selmer.parser :as parser]
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 
 (defroutes app-routes
   (route/resources "/")
-  (route/not-found (layout/render "notfound.html")))
+  (layout/render-handler "notfound.html" :status 404))
 
 (defn init []
   (timbre/set-config!
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@
       (handler request)
       (catch Throwable e
         (timbre/error e)
-        {:status 500
-         :headers {"Content-Type" "text/html"}
-         :body (layout/render-template request "error.html" {:error-info e})}))))
+        (layout/render-response
+          request
+          "error.html"
+          :params {:error-info e}
+          :status 500)))))
 
 (def app (app-handler
            [auth-routes home-routes posts-routes files-routes rss-routes app-routes]
diff --git a/src/blarg/views/layout.clj b/src/blarg/views/layout.clj
index e50c751..556f009 100644
--- a/src/blarg/views/layout.clj
+++ b/src/blarg/views/layout.clj
@@ -7,21 +7,27 @@
 
 (def template-path "blarg/views/templates/")
 
-(defn render-template [request template params]
+(defn- render-template [request template params]
   (parser/render-file
     (str template-path template)
     (assoc params
       :context (:context request)
       :user-id (session/get :user))))
 
+(defn render-response [request template & {:keys [params status content-type]}]
+  (-> (render-template request template params)
+      (resp/response)
+      (resp/content-type (or content-type "text/html; charset=utf-8"))
+      (resp/status (or status 200))))
+
+(defn render-handler [template & {:keys [params status content-type]}]
+  (fn [request]
+    (render-response request template :params params :status status :content-type content-type)))
+
 (deftype RenderableTemplate [template params status content-type]
   Renderable
   (render [this request]
-    (-> (render-template request template params)
-        (resp/response)
-        (resp/content-type (or content-type "text/html; charset=utf-8"))
-        (resp/status (or status 200)))))
+    (render-response request template :params params :status status :content-type content-type)))
 
 (defn render [template & {:keys [params status content-type]}]
   (RenderableTemplate. template params status content-type))
-