Index: error.py
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--- error.py    (revision 14132)
+++ error.py    (working copy)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Default error output filter for twisted.web2.
 """
 
-from twisted.web2 import stream
+from twisted.web2 import stream, http_headers
 from twisted.web2.responsecode import *
 
 # 300 - Should include entity with choices
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@
     body = ("<html><head><title>%d %s</title></head>"
             "<body><h1>%s</h1>%s</body></html>") % (
         response.code, title, title, message)
+
     response.stream = stream.MemoryStream(body)
+    response.headers.setHeader("content-type", http_headers.MimeType('text', 'html'))
+
     return response
 defaultErrorHandler.handleErrors = True