diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index a4bc55e..c9a6d8f 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (rl *rushlink) staticGetHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (rl *rushlink) indexGetHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	rl.render(w, r, "index", map[string]interface{}{})
+	rl.render(w, r, http.StatusOK, "index", map[string]interface{}{})
 }
 
 func (rl *rushlink) viewPasteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -189,7 +189,13 @@ func (rl *rushlink) viewPasteHandlerInnerMeta(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 		"CanDeleteString": cd.String(),
 		"CanDeleteBool":   cd.Bool(),
 	}
-	rl.render(w, r, "pasteMeta", data)
+	var status int
+	if p.State == db.PasteStateDeleted {
+		status = http.StatusGone
+	} else {
+		status = http.StatusOK
+	}
+	rl.render(w, r, status, "pasteMeta", data)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ func (rl *rushlink) viewActionSuccess(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p
 		"CanDeleteString": cd.String(),
 		"CanDeleteBool":   cd.Bool(),
 	}
-	rl.render(w, r, "pasteMeta", data)
+	rl.render(w, r, 0, "pasteMeta", data)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/views.go b/views.go
index 4e21c41..ba82c98 100644
--- a/views.go
+++ b/views.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (rl *rushlink) renderStatic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, path st
 	http.ServeContent(w, r, path, modTime, bytes.NewReader(contents))
 }
 
-func (rl *rushlink) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, tmplName string, data map[string]interface{}) {
+func (rl *rushlink) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, status int, tmplName string, data map[string]interface{}) {
 	contentType, err := resolveResponseContentType(r, []string{"text/plain", "text/html"})
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotAcceptable)
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ func (rl *rushlink) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, tmplName stri
 			}
 			return buf.String()
 		}
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		if status != 0 {
+			w.WriteHeader(status)
+		}
 
 		if r.Method != "HEAD" {
 			err = tmpl.Execute(w, data)
@@ -156,8 +158,7 @@ func (rl *rushlink) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, tmplName stri
 }
 
 func (rl *rushlink) renderError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, status int, msg string) {
-	w.WriteHeader(status)
-	rl.render(w, r, "error", map[string]interface{}{"Message": msg})
+	rl.render(w, r, status, "error", map[string]interface{}{"Message": msg})
 }
 
 func (rl *rushlink) renderInternalServerError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err interface{}) {