diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server.js b/lib/cartodb/server.js
index 9d8594a0..21d34f0c 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server.js
@@ -164,16 +164,6 @@ module.exports = function(serverOptions) {
 
     var authApi = new AuthApi(pgConnection, metadataBackend, mapStore, templateMaps);
 
-    app.findStatusCode = function(err) {
-        var statusCode;
-        if ( err.http_status ) {
-            statusCode = err.http_status;
-        } else {
-            statusCode = statusFromErrorMessage('' + err);
-        }
-        return statusCode;
-    };
-
     var TablesExtentApi = require('./api/tables_extent_api');
     var tablesExtentApi = new TablesExtentApi(pgQueryRunner);
 
@@ -429,7 +419,7 @@ function bootstrap(opts) {
 
             label = label || 'UNKNOWN';
 
-            var statusCode = app.findStatusCode(err);
+            var statusCode = findStatusCode(err);
 
             // use console.log for statusCode != 500 ?
             if (statusCode >= 500) {
@@ -516,6 +506,16 @@ function surrogateKeysCacheBackends(serverOptions) {
     return cacheBackends;
 }
 
+function findStatusCode(err) {
+    var statusCode;
+    if ( err.http_status ) {
+        statusCode = err.http_status;
+    } else {
+        statusCode = statusFromErrorMessage('' + err);
+    }
+    return statusCode;
+}
+
 function statusFromErrorMessage(errMsg) {
     // Find an appropriate statusCode based on message
     var statusCode = 400;