diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/personaldata.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/personaldata.go
index ed8ceb0f4b..b934acb96c 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/personaldata.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/personaldata.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (g Graph) ExportPersonalData(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// go start gathering
 	go g.GatherPersonalData(u, ref, r.Header.Get(revactx.TokenHeader), marsh)
 
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 }
 
 // GatherPersonalData will all gather all personal data of the user and save it to a file in the users personal space