diff --git a/internal/photos/api/check_body.go b/internal/photos/api/check_body.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f28ce80..0000000
--- a/internal/photos/api/check_body.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package photosapi
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-)
-
-var (
-	ErrReqMissingBody = errors.New("missing body")
-)
-
-func (s *Service) RequireBody(c *gin.Context) {
-	if c.Request.Method == "POST" && c.Request.ContentLength == 0 {
-		c.AbortWithError(http.StatusBadRequest, ErrReqMissingBody)
-		return
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/photos/api/default.go b/internal/photos/api/default.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3810a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/photos/api/default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package photosapi
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+func (s *Service) DefaultJSON(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.Header("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+	c.Next()
+}
diff --git a/internal/photos/api/main.go b/internal/photos/api/main.go
index 7c3fc7a..88b344b 100644
--- a/internal/photos/api/main.go
+++ b/internal/photos/api/main.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func (s *Service) SetupRoutes() {
 	s.Gin.Use(
 		gin.Logger(),
 		s.Recovery,
+		s.DefaultJSON,
 		s.HandleError,
-		s.RequireBody,
 	)
 
 	s.AccountInit()