diff --git a/movies.py b/movies.py
index 9f6a2e23752f1843267d1f59f81abc51f831df1c..b682d376a70b65b05b23b412b6d566d84bdaf87b 100644
--- a/movies.py
+++ b/movies.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from services import root_dir, nice_json
 from flask import Flask
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound
 import json
@@ -11,13 +10,14 @@ with open("{}/database/movies.json".format(os.getcwd()), "r") as f:
 
 @app.route("/", methods=['GET'])
 def hello():
-    return nice_json({
+    data = {
         "uri": "/",
         "subresource_uris": {
             "movies": "/movies",
             "movie": "/movies/<id>"
         }
-    })
+    }
+    return json.dumps(data)
 
 @app.route("/movies/<movieid>", methods=['GET'])
 def movie_info(movieid):
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ def movie_info(movieid):
     result = movies[movieid]
     result["uri"] = "/movies/{}".format(movieid)
 
-    return nice_json(result)
+    return json.dumps(result)
 
 
 @app.route("/movies", methods=['GET'])
 def movie_record():
-    return nice_json(movies)
+    return json.dumps(movies)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/showtimes.py b/showtimes.py
index c0c2a53628ae29315afb10400646228b1943931c..3115e660ca67fb509bf0a45d92c0a671aa6f2cc8 100644
--- a/showtimes.py
+++ b/showtimes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from services import root_dir, nice_json
 from flask import Flask
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound
 import json
@@ -16,18 +15,19 @@ with open(showtimes_db, "r") as f:
 
 @app.route("/", methods=['GET'])
 def hello():
-    return nice_json({
-        "uri": "/",
-        "subresource_uris": {
-            "showtimes": "/showtimes",
-            "showtime": "/showtimes/<date>"
+    data = {
+            "uri": "/",
+            "subresource_uris": {
+                "showtimes": "/showtimes",
+                "showtime": "/showtimes/<date>"
+            }
         }
-    })
+    return json.dumps(data)
 
 
 @app.route("/showtimes", methods=['GET'])
 def showtimes_list():
-    nice_json(showtimes)
+    return json.dumps(showtimes)
 
 
 @app.route("/showtimes/<date>", methods=['GET'])
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def showtimes_record(date):
     for movie_id in showtimes[date]:
         resp = requests.get(movies_service.format(movie_id))
         result.append(resp.json()["title"])
-    return nice_json(result)
+    return json.dumps(result)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(port=5002, debug=True)