diff --git a/app/controllers/comment_votes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/comment_votes_controller.rb
index bea09d334..0402c2408 100644
--- a/app/controllers/comment_votes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/comment_votes_controller.rb
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@ class CommentVotesController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :js, :json, :xml
   before_action :member_only
   skip_before_action :api_check
+  rescue_with CommentVote::Error, ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, status: 422
 
   def create
     @comment = Comment.find(params[:comment_id])
     @comment_vote = @comment.vote!(params[:score])
-  rescue CommentVote::Error, ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => x
-    @error = x
-    render status: 422
+    respond_with(@comment)
   end
 
   def destroy
     @comment = Comment.find(params[:comment_id])
     @comment.unvote!
-  rescue CommentVote::Error => x
-    @error = x
-    render status: 422
+    respond_with(@comment)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/create.js.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/create.js.erb
index 1bf69a8af..966e785c4 100644
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/comment_votes/create.js.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-<% if @error %>
-  Danbooru.error("<%= j @error.to_s %>");
-<% elsif @comment_vote.errors.any? %>
-  Danbooru.error("<%= j @comment_vote.errors.full_messages.join('; ') %>");
-<% elsif @comment_vote.is_negative? %>
+<% if @comment_vote.is_negative? %>
   $(".comment[data-comment-id=<%= @comment.id %>]").remove();
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/create.json.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/create.json.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 313a907c0..000000000
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/create.json.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<% if @error %>
-  {"success": false, "errors": <%= @error.to_s.to_json.html_safe %>}
-<% elsif @comment_vote.errors.any? %>
-  {"success": false, "errors": <%= @comment_vote.errors.full_messages.to_json.html_safe %>}
-<% else %>
-  {"success": true}
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/create.xml.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/create.xml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bdbca812..000000000
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/create.xml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<% if @comment_vote.errors.any? %>
-  <response success="false"><%= @comment_vote.errors.full_messages.to_json.html_safe %></response>
-<% else %>
-  <response success="true"/>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.js.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.js.erb
index 754b5568a..a1f4739a7 100644
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.js.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-<% if @error %>
-  Danbooru.error("<%= j @error.to_s %>");
-<% else %>
-  $("#comment-vote-up-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").show();
-  $("#comment-vote-down-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").show();
-  $("#comment-unvote-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").hide();
-<% end %>
+$("#comment-vote-up-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").show();
+$("#comment-vote-down-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").show();
+$("#comment-unvote-link-for-<%= @comment.id %>").hide();
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.json.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.json.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 052990686..000000000
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.json.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<% if @error %>
-  {"success": false, "reason": <%= @error.to_s.to_json.html_safe %>}
-<% else %>
-  {"success": true}
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.xml.erb b/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.xml.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 46666469e..000000000
--- a/app/views/comment_votes/destroy.xml.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<% if @error %>
-  <response success="false"><%= @error.to_s %></response>
-<% else %>
-  <response success="true"/>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/test/functional/comment_votes_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/comment_votes_controller_test.rb
index b62bcd063..abad8c93d 100644
--- a/test/functional/comment_votes_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/comment_votes_controller_test.rb
@@ -17,18 +17,24 @@ class CommentVotesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     context "#create.json" do
       should "create a vote" do
         assert_difference("CommentVote.count", 1) do
-          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, format: "json"), @user
+          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, score: "down", format: "json"), @user
           assert_response :success
-          assert_equal("{\"success\": true}", @response.body.strip)
+
+          comment = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+          assert_equal(@comment.id, comment["id"])
+          assert_equal(-1, comment["score"])
         end
       end
 
       should "fail silently on errors" do
         create(:comment_vote, comment: @comment, score: -1)
         assert_difference("CommentVote.count", 0) do
-          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, score: "-1", format: "json"), @user
+          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, score: "down", format: "json"), @user
           assert_response 422
-          assert_equal("{\"success\": false, \"errors\": \"Validation failed: You have already voted for this comment\"}", @response.body.strip)
+
+          comment = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+          assert_equal(false, comment["success"])
+          assert_equal("Validation failed: You have already voted for this comment", comment["message"])
         end
       end
     end
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ class CommentVotesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     context "#create.js" do
       should "create a vote" do
         assert_difference("CommentVote.count", 1) do
-          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, format: "json", score: 1), @user
+          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, format: "json", score: "down"), @user
           assert_response :success
         end
       end
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ class CommentVotesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       should "fail on errors" do
         create(:comment_vote, :comment => @comment, :score => -1)
         assert_difference("CommentVote.count", 0) do
-          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, :score => -1, format: "js"), @user
+          post_auth comment_votes_path(comment_id: @comment.id, :score => "down", format: "js"), @user
           assert_response 422
         end
       end