diff --git a/lib/server/controller.js b/lib/server/controller.js
index 39a480fd5..6c96e5848 100644
--- a/lib/server/controller.js
+++ b/lib/server/controller.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ exports.sessionBeforeFilter = function (req, res, next) {
   // if we don't actually have a valid session, respond with an error
   if (sessId && (!req.device || req.appium.sessionId !== sessId)) {
     safely(req, function () {
-      res.send(404, {sessionId: null, status: status.codes.NoSuchDriver.code, value: ''});
+      res.status(404).send({sessionId: null, status: status.codes.NoSuchDriver.code, value: ''});
     });
   } else {
     next();
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ exports.createSession = function (req, res) {
   var next = function (reqHost, sessionId) {
     safely(req, function () {
       res.set('Location', "http://" + reqHost + "/wd/hub/session/" + sessionId);
-      res.send(303);
+      res.status(303).send("Appium session started with sessionId " + sessionId);
     });
   };
   if (req.appium.preLaunched && req.appium.sessionId) {
@@ -953,8 +953,8 @@ exports.executeMobileMethod = function (req, res, cmd) {
   if (args.length) {
     if (args.length !== 1) {
       safely(req, function () {
-        res.send(400, "Mobile methods only take one parameter, which is a " +
-                      "hash of named parameters to send to the method");
+        res.status(400).send("Mobile methods only take one parameter, which is a " +
+                             "hash of named parameters to send to the method");
       });
     } else {
       params = args[0];
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ exports.receiveAsyncResponse = function (req, res) {
   var asyncResponse = req.body;
   req.device.receiveAsyncResponse(asyncResponse);
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(200, 'OK');
+    res.sendStatus(200);
   });
 };
 
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ exports.unknownCommand = function (req, res) {
   logger.debug("Responding to client that we did not find a valid resource");
   safely(req, function () {
     res.set('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
-    res.send(404, "That URL did not map to a valid JSONWP resource");
+    res.status(404).send("That URL did not map to a valid JSONWP resource");
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/server/helpers.js b/lib/server/helpers.js
index 967cbc011..d44a2eb19 100644
--- a/lib/server/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/server/helpers.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports.allowCrossDomain = function (req, res, next) {
 
   if ('OPTIONS' === req.method) {
     safely(req, function () {
-      res.send(200);
+      res.sendStatus(200);
     });
   } else {
     next();
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports.winstonStream = {
 
 module.exports.catchAllHandler = function (e, req, res, next) {
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(500, {
+    res.status(500).send({
       status: status.codes.UnknownError.code
     , value: "ERROR running Appium command: " + e.message
     });
diff --git a/lib/server/proxy.js b/lib/server/proxy.js
index 25c29df75..7ff02ff7a 100644
--- a/lib/server/proxy.js
+++ b/lib/server/proxy.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports.doProxy = function (req, res) {
     safely(req, function () {
       res.headers = response.headers;
       res.set('Content-Type', response.headers['content-type']);
-      res.send(response.statusCode, body);
+      res.status(response.statusCode).send(body);
     });
   });
 };
diff --git a/lib/server/responses.js b/lib/server/responses.js
index eb88e9d4c..9ab6c30e4 100644
--- a/lib/server/responses.js
+++ b/lib/server/responses.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var notImplementedInThisContext = function (req, res) {
   logger.debug("Responding to client that a method is not implemented " +
               "in this context");
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(501, {
+    res.status(501).send({
       status: status.codes.UnknownError.code
     , sessionId: getSessionId(req)
     , value: {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var respondError = exports.respondError = function (req, res, statusObj, value)
   response.sessionId = getSessionId(req, response);
   logger.debug("Responding to client with error: " + JSON.stringify(response));
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(500, response);
+    res.status(500).send(response);
   });
 };
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ var respondSuccess = exports.respondSuccess = function (req, res, value, sid) {
   res.jsonResp = JSON.stringify(printResponse);
   logger.debug("Responding to client with success: " + res.jsonResp);
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(response);
+    res.status(200).send(response);
   });
 };
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ exports.checkMissingParams = function (req, res, params, strict) {
     var missingList = JSON.stringify(missingParamNames);
     logger.debug("Missing params for request: " + missingList);
     safely(req, function () {
-      res.send(400, "Missing parameters: " + missingList);
+      res.status(400).send("Missing parameters: " + missingList);
     });
     return false;
   } else {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ exports.checkMissingParams = function (req, res, params, strict) {
 var notYetImplemented = exports.notYetImplemented = function (req, res) {
   logger.debug("Responding to client that a method is not implemented");
   safely(req, function () {
-    res.send(501, {
+    res.status(501).send({
       status: status.codes.UnknownError.code
     , sessionId: getSessionId(req)
     , value: {
diff --git a/test/functional/dynamic-app/code-injector.js b/test/functional/dynamic-app/code-injector.js
index 6c2c3da91..ad4f063c8 100644
--- a/test/functional/dynamic-app/code-injector.js
+++ b/test/functional/dynamic-app/code-injector.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CodeInjector.prototype.start = function () {
     // caching code and returning 200
     this.code = req.body.code;
     console.log('code injector is saving code.  code -->', this.code);
-    res.send(200);
+    res.sendStatus(200);
   }.bind(this));
 
   this.app.get('/code', function (req, res) {