diff --git a/src/routes/delete.nim b/src/routes/delete.nim
index 0a13cd4..63dd6dd 100644
--- a/src/routes/delete.nim
+++ b/src/routes/delete.nim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ proc createDeletionRoutes*(cfg: Cfg) =
       discard waitFor purgeUserFiles(H"Authorization")
       db.delete(user)
 
-      resp Http200, "[{}]\n", "application/json"
+      resp Http200, "[]\n", "application/json"
 
     #[
       request parameters:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ proc createDeletionRoutes*(cfg: Cfg) =
 
       db.delete(user)
 
-      resp Http200, "[{}]\n", "application/json"
+      resp Http200, "[]\n", "application/json"
 
     #! endpoint crashes server
     #[
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ proc createDeletionRoutes*(cfg: Cfg) =
       dec user.fileCount
       db.update(user)
       removeFile(file.path)
-      resp Http200, "[{}]\n", "application/json"
+      resp Http200, "[]\n", "application/json"
 
     #[
       request parameters:
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ proc createDeletionRoutes*(cfg: Cfg) =
       db.update(user)
       removeDir(cfg.uploadDir & user.username & "/")
 
-      resp Http200, "[{}]\n", "application/json"
+      resp Http200, "[]\n", "application/json"
diff --git a/src/routes/upload.nim b/src/routes/upload.nim
index afc253a..fbeeb41 100644
--- a/src/routes/upload.nim
+++ b/src/routes/upload.nim
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ proc createUploadRoutes*(cfg: Cfg) =
 
       # write the file from memory
       writeFile(filePath, fileData)
-      resp Http200, "[{}]\n", "application/json"
+      resp Http200, "[]\n", "application/json"