diff --git a/prop-docker.sh b/prop-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b18a8b8d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prop-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+docker run --rm --name jsonapi-dotnet-core-testing \
+ -e POSTGRES_DB=JsonApiDotNetCoreExample \
+ -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
+ -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres \
+ -p 5432:5432 \
+ postgres
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Controllers/JsonApiControllerMixin.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Controllers/JsonApiControllerMixin.cs
index 8c3099dde1..b80d912bed 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Controllers/JsonApiControllerMixin.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Controllers/JsonApiControllerMixin.cs
@@ -14,36 +14,12 @@ protected IActionResult Forbidden()
 
         protected IActionResult Error(Error error)
         {
-            var errorCollection = new ErrorCollection
-            {
-                Errors = new List<Error> { error }
-            };
-
-            return new ObjectResult(errorCollection)
-            {
-                StatusCode = error.StatusCode
-            };
+          return error.AsActionResult();
         }
 
         protected IActionResult Errors(ErrorCollection errors)
         {
-            return new ObjectResult(errors)
-            {
-                StatusCode = GetErrorStatusCode(errors)
-            };
-        }
-
-        private int GetErrorStatusCode(ErrorCollection errors)
-        {
-            var statusCodes = errors.Errors
-                .Select(e => e.StatusCode)
-                .Distinct()
-                .ToList();
-
-            if (statusCodes.Count == 1)
-                return statusCodes[0];
-
-            return int.Parse(statusCodes.Max().ToString()[0] + "00");
+          return errors.AsActionResult();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Error.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Error.cs
index 71852e28ea..7e45f65be3 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Error.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/Error.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Configuration;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal
 {
@@ -66,6 +68,16 @@ public Error(int status, string title, string detail, ErrorMeta meta = null, obj
 
         public bool ShouldSerializeMeta() => (JsonApiOptions.DisableErrorStackTraces == false);
         public bool ShouldSerializeSource() => (JsonApiOptions.DisableErrorSource == false);
+
+        public IActionResult AsActionResult()
+        {
+            var errorCollection = new ErrorCollection
+            {
+                Errors = new List<Error> { this }
+            };
+
+            return errorCollection.AsActionResult();
+        }
     }
 
     public class ErrorMeta
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/ErrorCollection.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/ErrorCollection.cs
index bf0375843d..91e6d962da 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/ErrorCollection.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/ErrorCollection.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal
 {
@@ -25,5 +27,26 @@ public string GetJson()
                 ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
             });
         }
+
+        public int GetErrorStatusCode()
+        {
+            var statusCodes = Errors
+                .Select(e => e.StatusCode)
+                .Distinct()
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (statusCodes.Count == 1)
+                return statusCodes[0];
+
+            return int.Parse(statusCodes.Max().ToString()[0] + "00");
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult AsActionResult()
+        {
+            return new ObjectResult(this)
+            {
+                StatusCode = GetErrorStatusCode()
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/JsonApiException.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/JsonApiException.cs
index 49dc557e51..0852ac1e04 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/JsonApiException.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Internal/JsonApiException.cs
@@ -41,16 +41,7 @@ public JsonApiException(int statusCode, string message, Exception innerException
 
         public int GetStatusCode()
         {
-            if (_errors.Errors.Select(a => a.StatusCode).Distinct().Count() == 1)
-                return _errors.Errors[0].StatusCode;
-
-            if (_errors.Errors.FirstOrDefault(e => e.StatusCode >= 500) != null)
-                return 500;
-
-            if (_errors.Errors.FirstOrDefault(e => e.StatusCode >= 400) != null)
-                return 400;
-
-            return 500;
+            return _errors.GetErrorStatusCode();
         }
 
         private ErrorMeta GetMeta() => ErrorMeta.FromException(this);