diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 5d07dc9e82..123c20581c 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -252,13 +252,24 @@ module.exports = class Router
 
 		apiRouter.get "/status/compiler/:Project_id", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, (req, res) ->
 			sendRes = _.once (statusCode, message)->
-				res.writeHead statusCode
-				res.end message
-			CompileManager.compile req.params.Project_id, "test-compile", {}, () ->
-				sendRes 200, "Compiler returned in less than 10 seconds"
-			setTimeout (() ->
+				res.status statusCode
+				res.send message
+			# set a timeout
+			handler = setTimeout (() ->
 				sendRes 500, "Compiler timed out"
+				handler = null
 			), 10000
+			# use a valid user id for testing
+			test_user_id = "123456789012345678901234"
+			# run the compile
+			CompileManager.compile req.params.Project_id, test_user_id, {}, (error, status) ->
+				clearTimeout handler if handler?
+				if error?
+					sendRes 500, "Compiler returned error #{error.message}"
+				else if status is "success"
+					sendRes 200, "Compiler returned in less than 10 seconds"
+				else
+					sendRes 500, "Compiler returned failure #{status}"
 
 		apiRouter.get "/ip", (req, res, next) ->
 			res.send({