diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
index f9df51d9..c656436c 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
@@ -163,9 +163,19 @@ BaseController.prototype.send = function(req, res, body, status, headers) {
         res.set(headers);
     }
 
-    res.send.apply(res, args);
+    res.status(status);
 
-    if (req.profiler ) {
+    if (!Buffer.isBuffer(body) && typeof body === 'object') {
+        if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
+            res.jsonp(body);
+        } else {
+            res.json(body);
+        }
+    } else {
+        res.send(body);
+    }
+
+    if (req.profiler) {
         try {
             // May throw due to dns, see
             // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/issues/166