diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22aa5c793..41214b5da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ running:
 
 ```
 sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nginx/ && sudo nginx -c `pwd`/nginx.conf
-STACK=prod gunicorn -c gunicorn_config.py
+STACK=prod gunicorn -c gunicorn_config.py application:application
 ```
 
 start the workers:
diff --git a/endpoints/index.py b/endpoints/index.py
index 8ddf64b91..c8b519c7e 100644
--- a/endpoints/index.py
+++ b/endpoints/index.py
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def create_repository(namespace, repository):
   repo = model.get_repository(namespace, repository)
 
   if not repo and get_authenticated_user() is None:
-    logger.debug('Attempt to create new repository with token auth.')
-    abort(400)
+    logger.debug('Attempt to create new repository without user auth.')
+    abort(401)
 
   elif repo:
     permission = ModifyRepositoryPermission(namespace, repository)