diff --git a/app/controllers/knock/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/knock/application_controller.rb
index dd39add..a49f879 100644
--- a/app/controllers/knock/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/knock/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Knock
-  class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+  class ApplicationController < ActionController::API
     rescue_from Knock.not_found_exception_class_name, with: :not_found
 
   private