diff --git a/packages/cache/pubspec.yaml b/packages/cache/pubspec.yaml
index 0a8264eb..1c067e3a 100644
--- a/packages/cache/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/cache/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: angel3_cache
 version: 4.0.0
-description: Support for server-side caching in Angel3 Framework
+description: Support server-side caching of reponse data from services.
 homepage: https://github.com/dukefirehawk/angel/tree/angel3/packages/cache
 environment:
   sdk: '>=2.12.0 <3.0.0'
diff --git a/packages/framework/lib/src/core/driver.dart b/packages/framework/lib/src/core/driver.dart
index 2ebd6836..37432379 100644
--- a/packages/framework/lib/src/core/driver.dart
+++ b/packages/framework/lib/src/core/driver.dart
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ abstract class Driver<
             }
             throw AngelHttpException(e,
                 stackTrace: st,
-                statusCode: 500,
+                statusCode: (e is AngelHttpException) ? e.statusCode : 500,
                 message: e?.toString() ?? '500 Internal Server Error');
           }, test: (e) => e is AngelHttpException).catchError(
               (ee, StackTrace st) {