diff --git a/webapi/errors.go b/webapi/errors.go
index eca944d..bf334e5 100644
--- a/webapi/errors.go
+++ b/webapi/errors.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	errFeeNotReceived
 	errInvalidTicket
 	errCannotBroadcastTicket
+	errCannotBroadcastFee
 )
 
 // httpStatus maps application error codes to HTTP status codes.
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ func (e apiError) httpStatus() int {
 		return http.StatusBadRequest
 	case errCannotBroadcastTicket:
 		return http.StatusInternalServerError
+	case errCannotBroadcastFee:
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError
 	default:
 		return http.StatusInternalServerError
 	}
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ func (e apiError) defaultMessage() string {
 		return "not a valid ticket tx"
 	case errCannotBroadcastTicket:
 		return "ticket transaction could not be broadcast"
+	case errCannotBroadcastFee:
+		return "fee transaction could not be broadcast"
 	default:
 		return "unknown error"
 	}
diff --git a/webapi/payfee.go b/webapi/payfee.go
index b01a50c..ef6bdf0 100644
--- a/webapi/payfee.go
+++ b/webapi/payfee.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ findAddress:
 					funcName, ticket.Hash, err)
 			}
 
-			sendErrorWithMsg("could not broadcast fee transaction", errInvalidFeeTx, c)
+			sendErrorWithMsg("could not broadcast fee transaction", errCannotBroadcastFee, c)
 			return
 		}