diff --git a/src/ai/error.rs b/src/ai/error.rs
index 909c805b..a1e6d50b 100644
--- a/src/ai/error.rs
+++ b/src/ai/error.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use actix_http::StatusCode;
+use actix_web::{HttpResponse, ResponseError};
 use async_openai::error::OpenAIError;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+use crate::error::ErrorResponse;
+
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum AIError {
     #[error("OpenAI error: {0}")]
@@ -16,3 +20,26 @@ pub enum AIError {
     #[error("Tiktoken Error: {0}")]
     TiktokenError(#[from] anyhow::Error),
 }
+
+impl ResponseError for AIError {
+    fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
+        match &self {
+            AIError::OpenAIError(_) | AIError::SqlXError(_) | AIError::TiktokenError(_) => {
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+            }
+            AIError::FlaggedError | AIError::NoUserPrompt | AIError::TokenLimit => {
+                StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse<actix_http::body::BoxBody> {
+        let status_code = self.status_code();
+        let mut builder = HttpResponse::build(status_code);
+        builder.json(ErrorResponse {
+            code: status_code.as_u16(),
+            message: status_code.canonical_reason().unwrap_or("Unknown"),
+            error: "AI Error",
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/error.rs b/src/api/error.rs
index 3ef1ccab..143e4b9d 100644
--- a/src/api/error.rs
+++ b/src/api/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
 
 use crate::ai::error::AIError;
 use crate::db::error::DbError;
+use crate::error::ErrorResponse;
 
 use actix_http::header::HeaderValue;
 use actix_web::http::header::HeaderName;
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ use actix_web::middleware::{ErrorHandlerResponse, ErrorHandlers};
 use actix_web::{HttpResponse, ResponseError};
 use async_openai::error::OpenAIError;
 use basket::BasketError;
-use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::json;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -63,6 +63,30 @@ pub enum PlaygroundError {
     SettingsError,
 }
 
+impl ResponseError for PlaygroundError {
+    fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
+        match &self {
+            PlaygroundError::CryptError(_)
+            | PlaygroundError::DecodeError(_)
+            | PlaygroundError::NoNonceError
+            | PlaygroundError::UtfDecodeError(_) => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            PlaygroundError::OctocrabError(_) | PlaygroundError::SettingsError => {
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse<actix_http::body::BoxBody> {
+        let status_code = self.status_code();
+        let mut builder = HttpResponse::build(status_code);
+        builder.json(ErrorResponse {
+            code: status_code.as_u16(),
+            message: status_code.canonical_reason().unwrap_or("Unknown"),
+            error: "Playground Error",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ApiError {
     #[error("Artificial error")]
@@ -149,13 +173,6 @@ impl ApiError {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-struct ErrorResponse<'a> {
-    code: u16,
-    error: &'a str,
-    message: &'a str,
-}
-
 impl ResponseError for ApiError {
     fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
         match *self {
@@ -172,6 +189,8 @@ impl ResponseError for ApiError {
             Self::LoginRequiredForFeature(_) => StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
             Self::PaymentRequired => StatusCode::PAYMENT_REQUIRED,
             Self::NotImplemented => StatusCode::NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+            Self::PlaygroundError(ref e) => e.status_code(),
+            Self::AIError(ref e) => e.status_code(),
             _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
         }
     }
@@ -210,6 +229,8 @@ impl ResponseError for ApiError {
                 message: format!("Please login to use feature: {0}", feature).as_str(),
                 error: self.name(),
             }),
+            ApiError::PlaygroundError(error) => error.error_response(),
+            ApiError::AIError(error) => error.error_response(),
             _ if status_code == StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR => builder.json(ErrorResponse {
                 code: status_code.as_u16(),
                 message: "internal server error",
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ed1b2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct ErrorResponse<'a> {
+    pub code: u16,
+    pub error: &'a str,
+    pub message: &'a str,
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a182a3fc..97dce123 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use actix_web::{
 pub mod ai;
 pub mod api;
 pub mod db;
+pub mod error;
 pub mod fxa;
 mod helpers;
 pub mod ids;
diff --git a/tests/api/play.rs b/tests/api/play.rs
index 86e955d3..74f936f7 100644
--- a/tests/api/play.rs
+++ b/tests/api/play.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async fn test_invalid_id() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let service = test::init_service(app).await;
     let mut client = TestHttpClient::new(service).await;
     let res = client.get("/api/v1/play/sssieddidxsx", None).await;
-    // This used to panic, now it should just 500
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+    // This used to panic, now it should just 400
+    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
     Ok(())
 }