diff --git a/blog.go b/blog.go
index 447cd6f..474181b 100644
--- a/blog.go
+++ b/blog.go
@@ -23,40 +23,40 @@ const (
 </tr></table>`
 )
 
-func latestBlogsHandle(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+func latestBlogsHandle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	latest, err := blogApp.LatestBlogs(0)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == backend.ErrNotFound {
 			w.WriteHeader(404)
-			sendIndexWithContent(w, "Page not found", "", "")
+			sendContent(w, r, "Page not found", "", "")
 			return
 		}
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		log.Println("error getting latest blogs:", err)
-		sendIndexWithContent(w, "Error getting page", "", "")
+		sendContent(w, r, "Error getting page", "", "")
 		return
 	}
 	var out string
 	for _, b := range latest {
 		out += blogElement(b)
 	}
-	sendIndexWithContent(w, out, "", "")
+	sendContent(w, r, out, "", "")
 }
 
-func blogHandle(w http.ResponseWriter, blog string) {
+func blogHandle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, blog string) {
 	bl, err := blogApp.Blog(blog)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == backend.ErrNotFound {
 			w.WriteHeader(404)
-			sendIndexWithContent(w, "Page not found", "", "")
+			sendContent(w, r, "Page not found", "", "")
 			return
 		}
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		log.Printf("error getting blog %v: %v\n", blog, err)
-		sendIndexWithContent(w, "Error getting page", "", "")
+		sendContent(w, r, "Error getting page", "", "")
 		return
 	}
-	sendIndexWithContent(w, blogElement(bl), bl.Title, bl.Favicon)
+	sendContent(w, r, blogElement(bl), bl.Title, bl.Favicon)
 }
 
 func blogElement(b *blog.Blog) (out string) {
diff --git a/files.go b/files.go
index e844280..97ba543 100644
--- a/files.go
+++ b/files.go
@@ -45,9 +45,5 @@ func filesRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	if r.URL.Query().Get("contentOnly") == "true" {
-		w.Write([]byte(pageContent))
-	} else {
-		sendIndexWithContent(w, pageContent, "Files", "")
-	}
+	sendContent(w, r, pageContent, "Files", "")
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 081b47d..3ca93c8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ func mainHandle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.ServeFile(w, r, filepath.Join(*webRoot, spl[0], "index.html"))
 		return
 	}
-	blogHandle(w, path)
+	blogHandle(w, r, path)
 }
diff --git a/portfolio.go b/portfolio.go
index cfaae0c..8f49d82 100644
--- a/portfolio.go
+++ b/portfolio.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func portfolioRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("error getting portfolio projects:", err)
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		sendIndexWithContent(w, "Error getting portfolio", "", "")
+		sendContent(w, r, "Error getting portfolio", "", "")
 		return
 	}
 	aboutMe := "<h1 class='about-me-header'>About Me</h1>"
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ func portfolioRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 	out = aboutMe + fmt.Sprintf(portfolioSelector, tmp) + out
-	sendIndexWithContent(w, out, "Portfolio", "")
+	sendContent(w, r, out, "Portfolio", "")
 }
diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index ac8da29..a9cdc20 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ const (
 	titleReplace   = "<!--Title-->"
 )
 
-func sendIndexWithContent(w http.ResponseWriter, content string, title string, favicon string) {
+func sendContent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, content string, title string, favicon string) {
+	if r.URL.Query().Get("contentOnly") == "true" {
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]string{"content": content, "title": title, "favicon": favicon})
+		return
+	}
 	indexFile, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(*webRoot, "index.html"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("error when opening main index.html:", err)