diff --git a/api/error.go b/api/error.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c60438..0000000
--- a/api/error.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package api
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func httpError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error, code int) {
-	log.Printf("%s: %s\n", r.URL.Path, err)
-	http.Error(w, err.Error(), code)
-}
diff --git a/api/generic.go b/api/generic.go
index 81af22e..05a9090 100644
--- a/api/generic.go
+++ b/api/generic.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -263,6 +264,11 @@ func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func httpError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error, code int) {
+	log.Printf("%s: %s\n", r.URL.Path, err)
+	http.Error(w, err.Error(), code)
+}
+
 // auth
 
 type GenericAuthRequest struct {