diff --git a/src/html-error.c b/src/html-error.c
index 071d415..b6dd29d 100644
--- a/src/html-error.c
+++ b/src/html-error.c
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ send_html_file (FILE *infile, struct conn_s *connptr)
         return 1;
 }
 
-int send_http_headers (struct conn_s *connptr, int code, const char *message)
+int send_http_headers (
+        struct conn_s *connptr, int code,
+        const char *message, const char *extra)
 {
         const char headers[] =
             "HTTP/1.0 %d %s\r\n"
@@ -142,21 +144,9 @@ int send_http_headers (struct conn_s *connptr, int code, const char *message)
             "%s"
             "Connection: close\r\n" "\r\n";
 
-        const char p_auth_str[] =
-            "Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm=\""
-            PACKAGE_NAME "\"\r\n";
-
-        const char w_auth_str[] =
-            "WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\""
-            PACKAGE_NAME "\"\r\n";
-
-	/* according to rfc7235, the 407 error must be accompanied by
-           a Proxy-Authenticate header field. */
-        const char *add = code == 407 ? p_auth_str : (code == 401 ? w_auth_str : "");
-
         return (write_message (connptr->client_fd, headers,
                                code, message, PACKAGE, VERSION,
-                               add));
+                               extra));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -180,8 +170,21 @@ int send_http_error_message (struct conn_s *connptr)
             "<p><em>Generated by %s version %s.</em></p>\n" "</body>\n"
             "</html>\n";
 
+        const char p_auth_str[] =
+            "Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm=\""
+            PACKAGE_NAME "\"\r\n";
+
+        const char w_auth_str[] =
+            "WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\""
+            PACKAGE_NAME "\"\r\n";
+
+	/* according to rfc7235, the 407 error must be accompanied by
+           a Proxy-Authenticate header field. */
+        const char *add = connptr->error_number == 407 ? p_auth_str :
+                          (connptr->error_number == 401 ? w_auth_str : "");
+
         send_http_headers (connptr, connptr->error_number,
-                           connptr->error_string);
+                           connptr->error_string, add);
 
         error_file = get_html_file (connptr->error_number);
         if (!(infile = fopen (error_file, "r"))) {
diff --git a/src/html-error.h b/src/html-error.h
index c133cef..bc9b7ce 100644
--- a/src/html-error.h
+++ b/src/html-error.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern int add_error_variable (struct conn_s *connptr, const char *key,
                                const char *val);
 extern int send_html_file (FILE * infile, struct conn_s *connptr);
 extern int send_http_headers (struct conn_s *connptr, int code,
-                              const char *message);
+                              const char *message, const char *extra);
 extern int add_standard_vars (struct conn_s *connptr);
 
 #endif /* !TINYPROXY_HTML_ERROR_H */
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index dfe054c..1228aa3 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ err_minus_one:
         add_error_variable (connptr, "deniedconns", denied);
         add_error_variable (connptr, "refusedconns", refused);
         add_standard_vars (connptr);
-        send_http_headers (connptr, 200, "Statistic requested");
+        send_http_headers (connptr, 200, "Statistic requested", "");
         send_html_file (statfile, connptr);
         fclose (statfile);
         pthread_mutex_unlock(&stats_file_lock);