diff --git a/app/containers/HomePage/sagas.js b/app/containers/HomePage/sagas.js
index 7e368760e3..076a4888b1 100644
--- a/app/containers/HomePage/sagas.js
+++ b/app/containers/HomePage/sagas.js
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ export function* getRepos() {
   const username = yield select(selectUsername());
   const requestURL = `https://api.github.com/users/${username}/repos?type=all&sort=updated`;
 
-  // Call our request helper (see 'utils/request')
-  const repos = yield call(request, requestURL);
-
-  if (!repos.err) {
-    yield put(reposLoaded(repos.data, username));
-  } else {
-    yield put(repoLoadingError(repos.err));
+  try {
+    // Call our request helper (see 'utils/request')
+    const repos = yield call(request, requestURL);
+    yield put(reposLoaded(repos, username));
+  } catch (err) {
+    yield put(repoLoadingError(err));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/containers/HomePage/tests/sagas.test.js b/app/containers/HomePage/tests/sagas.test.js
index 2ecbb014ab..fe4d88faea 100644
--- a/app/containers/HomePage/tests/sagas.test.js
+++ b/app/containers/HomePage/tests/sagas.test.js
@@ -34,23 +34,19 @@ describe('getRepos Saga', () => {
   });
 
   it('should dispatch the reposLoaded action if it requests the data successfully', () => {
-    const response = {
-      data: [{
-        name: 'First repo',
-      }, {
-        name: 'Second repo',
-      }],
-    };
+    const response = [{
+      name: 'First repo',
+    }, {
+      name: 'Second repo',
+    }];
     const putDescriptor = getReposGenerator.next(response).value;
-    expect(putDescriptor).toEqual(put(reposLoaded(response.data, username)));
+    expect(putDescriptor).toEqual(put(reposLoaded(response, username)));
   });
 
   it('should call the repoLoadingError action if the response errors', () => {
-    const response = {
-      err: 'Some error',
-    };
-    const putDescriptor = getReposGenerator.next(response).value;
-    expect(putDescriptor).toEqual(put(repoLoadingError(response.err)));
+    const response = new Error('Some error');
+    const putDescriptor = getReposGenerator.throw(response).value;
+    expect(putDescriptor).toEqual(put(repoLoadingError(response)));
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/app/utils/request.js b/app/utils/request.js
index b42743a508..1ea906cb83 100644
--- a/app/utils/request.js
+++ b/app/utils/request.js
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ function checkStatus(response) {
  * @param  {string} url       The URL we want to request
  * @param  {object} [options] The options we want to pass to "fetch"
  *
- * @return {object}           An object containing either "data" or "err"
+ * @return {object}           The response data
  */
 export default function request(url, options) {
   return fetch(url, options)
     .then(checkStatus)
-    .then(parseJSON)
-    .then((data) => ({ data }))
-    .catch((err) => ({ err }));
+    .then(parseJSON);
 }
diff --git a/app/utils/tests/request.test.js b/app/utils/tests/request.test.js
index 63741e6302..30907832b6 100644
--- a/app/utils/tests/request.test.js
+++ b/app/utils/tests/request.test.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('request', () => {
       request('/thisurliscorrect')
         .catch(done)
         .then((json) => {
-          expect(json.data.hello).toEqual('world');
+          expect(json.hello).toEqual('world');
           done();
         });
     });
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ describe('request', () => {
 
     it('should catch errors', (done) => {
       request('/thisdoesntexist')
-        .then((json) => {
-          expect(json.err.response.status).toEqual(404);
-          expect(json.err.response.statusText).toEqual('Not Found');
+        .catch((err) => {
+          expect(err.response.status).toEqual(404);
+          expect(err.response.statusText).toEqual('Not Found');
           done();
         });
     });