diff --git a/server/internal/service/notes.go b/server/internal/service/notes.go
index 54add84..a3e05cb 100644
--- a/server/internal/service/notes.go
+++ b/server/internal/service/notes.go
@@ -118,17 +118,10 @@ func (rs *notesResource) Create(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// Placeholder contents are decided server-side, so we need to inform the client of them via a
 	// one-time-use DTO
-	type response struct {
-		Title   string `json:"title"`
-		Content string `json:"content"`
-	}
-
-	res := response{
-		Title:   initVersionTitle,
-		Content: initVersionContent,
-	}
-
-	respondJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, res)
+	respondJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, map[string]string{
+		"title":   initVersionTitle,
+		"content": initVersionContent,
+	})
 }
 
 // Handler for listing the metadata of all user's available notes. This metadata contains IDs of