diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.utils.js
index ebe86b61cf..e4341dbd14 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.utils.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Alchemy.xhr = function(method, url) {
   var token = document.querySelector('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attributes.content.textContent
   xhr.open(method, url);
   xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
+  xhr.setRequestHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
   xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRF-Token', token)
 
   return xhr;