diff --git a/controllers/rest/controller_standard.go b/controllers/rest/controller_standard.go
index 59d6d6d7..563258b3 100644
--- a/controllers/rest/controller_standard.go
+++ b/controllers/rest/controller_standard.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func APIDiscovery(api *RESTAPI, projection projections.Projection, commandDispat
 		//get content type expected for 200 response
 		responseType := newContext.Value(weoscontext.RESPONSE_PREFIX + strconv.Itoa(http.StatusOK))
 		if responseType == "application/json" {
-			return ctxt.Redirect(http.StatusPermanentRedirect, SWAGGERJSONENDPOINT)
+			return ctxt.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.Swagger)
 		} else if responseType == "application/html" {
 			return ctxt.Redirect(http.StatusPermanentRedirect, SWAGGERUIENDPOINT)
 		}
diff --git a/end2end_test.go b/end2end_test.go
index 2a49e2f1..9b7a005a 100644
--- a/end2end_test.go
+++ b/end2end_test.go
@@ -1435,9 +1435,18 @@ func theTotalNoEventsAndProcessedAndFailuresShouldBeReturned() error {
 }
 
 func theApiAsJsonShouldBeShown() error {
-	url := rec.HeaderMap.Get("Location")
-	if url != api.SWAGGERJSONENDPOINT {
-		return fmt.Errorf("the json result should have been returned")
+	contentEntity := map[string]interface{}{}
+	err := json.NewDecoder(rec.Body).Decode(&contentEntity)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(contentEntity) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected a response to be returned")
+	}
+	if _, ok := contentEntity["openapi"]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected the content entity to have a content 'openapi'")
 	}
 	return nil
 }