diff --git a/src/LucaDegasperi/OAuth2Server/Filters/OAuthFilter.php b/src/LucaDegasperi/OAuth2Server/Filters/OAuthFilter.php
index fd40dfcf..dcee9df9 100644
--- a/src/LucaDegasperi/OAuth2Server/Filters/OAuthFilter.php
+++ b/src/LucaDegasperi/OAuth2Server/Filters/OAuthFilter.php
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ public function filter()
             ResourceServer::isValid(Config::get('lucadegasperi/oauth2-server-laravel::oauth2.http_headers_only'));
         } catch (\League\OAuth2\Server\Exception\InvalidAccessTokenException $e) {
             return Response::json(array(
-                'status' => 403,
-                'error' => 'forbidden',
+                'status' => 401,
+                'error' => 'unauthorized',
                 'error_message' => $e->getMessage(),
-            ), 403);
+            ), 401);
         }
         
         if (func_num_args() > 2) {
diff --git a/tests/OAuthFilterTest.php b/tests/OAuthFilterTest.php
index e8907d94..eb8c7958 100644
--- a/tests/OAuthFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/OAuthFilterTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function test_invalid_filter_with_no_scope()
 
         $response = $this->getFilter()->filter('', '');
         $this->assertTrue($response instanceof Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse);
-        $this->assertTrue($response->isForbidden());
+        $this->assertEquals('401', $response->getStatusCode());
 
     }