diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index b65850aaa..4ebb2c368 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
     get("/friendships/no_retweets/ids", TwitterAPI.Controller, :empty_array)
 
     get("/mutes/users/ids", TwitterAPI.Controller, :empty_array)
-    get("/qvitter/mutes", TwitterAPI.Controller, :empty_array)
+    get("/qvitter/mutes", TwitterAPI.Controller, :raw_empty_array)
 
     get("/externalprofile/show", TwitterAPI.Controller, :external_profile)
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index ff5921807..8f5b3c786 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Controller do
     json(conn, Jason.encode!([]))
   end
 
+  def raw_empty_array(conn, _params) do
+    json(conn, [])
+  end
+
   def update_profile(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, params) do
     params =
       if bio = params["description"] do
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
index edc8cbff8..5fcd23d90 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ControllerTest do
         |> get("/api/qvitter/mutes.json")
       current_user = Repo.get(User, current_user.id)
 
-      assert "[]" = json_response(conn, 200)
+      assert [] = json_response(conn, 200)
     end
   end