diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/controller.py b/ckanext/odsh/controller.py
index ac2c6d1fdd7c8f3c295b871d6fb944b0687bba31..ab37debc4292d18c6ceb283221f90a9e26785707 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/controller.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/controller.py
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ class OdshAutocompleteController(ApiController):
                               (query, e))
 
         suggest = solr_response.raw_response.get('spellcheck')
-        return suggest
+        return base.response.body_file.write(suggest)