diff --git a/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/pom.xml
index d592cae351..33a3aba03b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot</name>
 	<description>Baeldung article code on how to pass exceptions to client in JSON format using Spring Boot</description>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/passexceptiontoclientjsonspringboot/MainController.java b/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/passexceptiontoclientjsonspringboot/MainController.java
index 68df38fb73..82c0c022a8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/passexceptiontoclientjsonspringboot/MainController.java
+++ b/spring-boot-exceptions/pass-exception-to-client-json-spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/passexceptiontoclientjsonspringboot/MainController.java
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 public class MainController {
 
     @GetMapping("/")
-    public String index() throws CustomException {
-
-        if (true) {
-            throw new CustomException();
-        }
-
-        return "index";
-
+    public void index() throws CustomException {
+        throw new CustomException();
     }
 
 }
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