diff --git a/src/Handler/Health/Interface.hs b/src/Handler/Health/Interface.hs
index c43ffaed8..1b6ee1dee 100644
--- a/src/Handler/Health/Interface.hs
+++ b/src/Handler/Health/Interface.hs
@@ -67,27 +67,30 @@ matchesUniqueInterfaceHealth (UniqueInterfaceHealth ai as aw) (UniqueInterfaceHe
     eqOrNothing a b       = a == b
 
 
-getHealthInterfaceR :: [Text] -> Handler Html
-getHealthInterfaceR ris = do
-  let (forced, ris') = case ris of
-          ("force":ris0) -> (True , ris0)
-          _              -> (False, ris )
-      interfs = splitInterfaces $ identifyInterfaces ris'
+getHealthInterfaceR :: [Text] -> Handler TypedContent
+getHealthInterfaceR (dropWhile (=="force") -> ris) = do              -- for backwards compatibility we ignore leading "force"
+  let interfs = splitInterfaces $ identifyInterfaces ris
   (missing, allok, res, iltable) <- runInterfaceLogTable interfs
-  let badMsg = "Unhealthy interfaces: " <> Text.intercalate ", " [iface | (iface, False) <- res]
   when missing notFound -- send 404 if any requested interface was not found
-  unless (forced || allok) $ sendResponseStatus internalServerError500 badMsg
-  content <- siteLayoutMsg MsgMenuHealthInterface $ do
-    setTitleI MsgMenuHealthInterface
-    [whamlet|
-      $if allok
-        Interfaces are healthy.
-      $else
-        #{badMsg}
+  let respond  = sendResponseStatus (bool internalServerError500 status200 allok)
+      plainMsg = if allok 
+                    then "Interfaces are healthy" 
+                    else "Unhealthy interfaces: " <> Text.intercalate ", " [iface | (iface, False) <- res]
+  selectRep $ do 
+    provideRep $ do
+      content <- siteLayoutMsg MsgMenuHealthInterface $ do
+      setTitleI MsgMenuHealthInterface
+      [whamlet|
+        <div>
+          #{plainMsg}
+        <div>
+          ^{iltable}
+      |]
+      respond content
+    
+    provideRep $ do 
+      respond $ RepPlain $ toContent plainMsg
 
-      ^{iltable}
-    |]
-  sendResponseStatus (bool internalServerError500 status200 allok) content
 
 
 runInterfaceLogTable :: ReqBanInterfaceHealth -> Handler (Bool, Bool, [(Text,Bool)], Widget)