diff --git a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/logs/get.ex b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/logs/get.ex
index 76888f02e..7b0067e9c 100644
--- a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/logs/get.ex
+++ b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/logs/get.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Logs.Get do
 
   use Plug.Builder
 
+  import PipelinesAPI.Util.APIResponse
+
   require Logger
   alias PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.Common, as: RespCommon
   alias PipelinesAPI.Util.{Metrics}
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Logs.Get do
       {:ok, token} ->
         conn
         |> put_resp_header("location", build_loghub2_url(conn, job_id, token))
-        |> send_resp(conn.status || 302, "")
+        |> put_status(conn.status || 302)
+        |> text("")
 
       e ->
         RespCommon.respond(e, conn)
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Logs.Get do
   end
 
   defp prepare_response(events) do
-    Enum.join(['{ "events": [', Enum.join(events, ","), "] }"], "")
+    Enum.join([~c'{ "events": [', Enum.join(events, ","), "] }"], "")
   end
 
   defp build_loghub2_url(conn, job_id, token) do
diff --git a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/pipelines/common.ex b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/pipelines/common.ex
index 6d8a2e67f..2605de348 100644
--- a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/pipelines/common.ex
+++ b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/pipelines/common.ex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.Common do
   @moduledoc false
 
   import Plug.Conn
+  import PipelinesAPI.Util.APIResponse
 
   def respond(state, conn, encode? \\ true)
 
@@ -28,13 +29,17 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.Common do
   # Sobelow is always warning when using send_resp when value is not actual hardcoded string nor encoded,
   #  json encoded content is safe to use send_resp.
   # sobelow_skip ["XSS.SendResp"]
-  defp respond_(conn, code, content, _encode? = true),
-    do: send_resp(conn, code, content |> Poison.encode!())
+  defp respond_(conn, code, content, _encode? = true) do
+    json(conn, content)
+  end
 
   # The Sobelow.XSS.SendResp is focused on Phoenix apps so it does not recognise Plug.HTML.html_escape/1
   # sobelow_skip ["XSS.SendResp"]
-  defp respond_(conn, code, content, _encode? = false),
-    do: send_resp(conn, code, Plug.HTML.html_escape(content))
+  defp respond_(conn, code, content, _encode? = false) do
+    conn
+    |> put_status(code)
+    |> text(Plug.HTML.html_escape(content))
+  end
 
   def respond_paginated({:error, e}, conn), do: respond({:error, e}, conn)
 
diff --git a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/router.ex b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/router.ex
index bd241d8ab..40cc6780b 100644
--- a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/router.ex
+++ b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/router.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 defmodule PipelinesAPI.Router do
   use Plug.{Router, ErrorHandler}
 
+  import PipelinesAPI.Util.APIResponse
+
   alias PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.Terminate
   alias PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.DescribeTopology
   alias PipelinesAPI.Pipelines.PartialRebuild
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Router do
   match("/logs/:job_id", via: :get, to: PipelinesAPI.Logs.Get)
 
   get "/health_check/ping" do
-    send_resp(conn, 200, "pong")
+    text(conn, "pong")
   end
 
   # sobelow_skip ["XSS.SendResp"]
@@ -167,20 +169,27 @@ defmodule PipelinesAPI.Router do
     case reason.__struct__ do
       Plug.Parsers.ParseError ->
         %{exception: %{message: message}} = reason
-        send_resp(conn, conn.status, "Malformed request: " <> Plug.HTML.html_escape(message))
+
+        conn
+        |> put_status(conn.status)
+        |> text("Malformed request: " <> Plug.HTML.html_escape(message))
 
       _ ->
-        send_resp(conn, conn.status, "Something went wrong")
+        conn
+        |> put_status(conn.status)
+        |> text("Something went wrong")
     end
   end
 
   # Root path has to return 200 OK in order to pass health checks made by ingress
   # on Kubernets
   get "/" do
-    send_resp(conn, 200, "pong")
+    text(conn, "pong")
   end
 
   match _ do
-    send_resp(conn, 404, "oops")
+    conn
+    |> put_status(404)
+    |> text("oops")
   end
 end
diff --git a/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/util/api_response.ex b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/util/api_response.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e25327ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public-api/v1alpha/lib/pipelines_api/util/api_response.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+defmodule PipelinesAPI.Util.APIResponse do
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  @doc """
+  Sends JSON response.
+
+
+      iex> json(conn, %{id: 123})
+
+  """
+  @spec json(Plug.Conn.t(), term) :: Plug.Conn.t()
+  def json(conn, data) do
+    content = Poison.encode!(data)
+    send_resp(conn, conn.status || 200, "application/json", content)
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  Sends text response.
+
+  ## Examples
+
+      iex> text(conn, "hello")
+
+      iex> text(conn, :implements_to_string)
+
+  """
+  @spec text(Plug.Conn.t(), String.Chars.t()) :: Plug.Conn.t()
+  def text(conn, data) do
+    send_resp(conn, conn.status || 200, "text/plain", to_string(data))
+  end
+
+  defp send_resp(conn, default_status, default_content_type, body) do
+    conn
+    |> ensure_resp_content_type(default_content_type)
+    |> Plug.Conn.send_resp(conn.status || default_status, body)
+  end
+
+  defp ensure_resp_content_type(%Plug.Conn{resp_headers: resp_headers} = conn, content_type) do
+    if List.keyfind(resp_headers, "content-type", 0) do
+      conn
+    else
+      content_type = content_type <> "; charset=utf-8"
+      %Plug.Conn{conn | resp_headers: [{"content-type", content_type} | resp_headers]}
+    end
+  end
+end