diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9be1a43..79715ca 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -71,8 +71,35 @@ def doConn(args, cfrm = None, cto = None):
     content += str(e)
    return (HTTP500, HTML, content)
 
-  return(HTTP200, JSON if json else XML, content)
+  return (HTTP200, JSON if json else XML, content)
 
+def doVal(args, cfrm):
+  try:
+   try:
+    name = (cfrm or args["name"][0]).encode("latin-1").decode("utf-8")
+   except UnicodeDecodeError:
+    name = cfrm or args["name"][0]
+
+   if not name:
+    raise ValueError()
+
+  except:
+   content = "<h1>400 Bad Request</h1>\n"
+   content += "A \"name\" value is required for this type of request."
+   return HTTP400, HTML, content
+
+  json = "json" in args
+
+  try:
+   content = workers.val.worker(name, json)
+
+  except Exception as e:
+   content = "<h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1>\n"
+   if "debug" in args:
+    content += str(e).encode()
+   return HTTP500, HTML, content
+
+  return HTTP200, JSON if json else XML, content
 
 def application(env, re):
  if env["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST":
@@ -126,33 +153,9 @@ def application(env, re):
   return
 
  elif rtype.lower() in ["val", "validate"]:
-  try:
-   try:
-    name = (cfrm or args["name"][0]).encode("latin-1").decode("utf-8")
-   except UnicodeDecodeError:
-    name = cfrm or args["name"][0]
-
-   if not name:
-    raise ValueError()
-
-  except:
-   re("400 Bad Request", [])
-   yield "<h1>400 Bad Request</h1>".encode()
-   yield "A \"name\" value is required for this type of request.".encode()
-   return
-
-  try:
-   output = workers.val.worker(name, json)
-
-  except Exception as e:
-   re("500 Internal Server Error", [])
-   yield "<h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1>".encode()
-   if "debug" in args:
-    yield str(e).encode()
-   return
-
-  re("200 OK", [("Content-Type", "application/json" if json else "text/xml")])
-  yield output.encode()
+  status, ctype, content = doVal(args, cfrm)
+  re(status, [("Content-Type", ctype)])
+  yield content.encode()
   return
 
  elif rtype.lower() in ["closest", "close", "near", "nearby"]: