diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Basics.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Basics.kt
index 95222a4..40290b3 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Basics.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Basics.kt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
             // information about possible responses
             response {
                 // information about a "200 OK" response
-                HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                     // a description of the response
                     description = "successful request - always returns 'Hello World!'"
                 }
diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CompleteConfig.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CompleteConfig.kt
index 9f22eed..78d776e 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CompleteConfig.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CompleteConfig.kt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                 body<Unit>()
             }
             response {
-                HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                     description = "successful request - always returns 'Hello World!'"
                     header<String>("x-random") {
                         description = "A header with some random number"
diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CustomizedSchemaGenerator.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CustomizedSchemaGenerator.kt
index 5940244..d6f5458 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CustomizedSchemaGenerator.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/CustomizedSchemaGenerator.kt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
             // information about the request
             response {
                 // information about a "200 OK" response
-                HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                     // body of the response
                     body<MyResponseBody>()
                 }
diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Petstore.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Petstore.kt
index 6cb299f..a284b1e 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Petstore.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/Petstore.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import io.ktor.server.netty.Netty
 import io.ktor.server.response.respond
 import io.ktor.server.routing.route
 import io.ktor.server.routing.routing
+import sun.jvm.hotspot.oops.CellTypeState.value
 
 fun main() {
     embeddedServer(Netty, port = 8080, host = "localhost", module = Application::myModule).start(wait = true)
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                     }
                 }
                 response {
-                    HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                    code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                         body<List<Pet>> {
                             description = "the list of available pets"
                             example("Pet List") {
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                     }
                 }
                 response {
-                    HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                    code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                         body<Pet> {
                             description = "the created pet"
                             example("Bird") {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                         }
                     }
                     response {
-                        HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                        code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                             body<Pet>{
                                 description = "the pet with the given id"
                                 example("Bird") {
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        HttpStatusCode.NotFound to {
+                        code(HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
                             description = "the pet with the given id was not found"
                         }
                         default {
@@ -221,10 +222,10 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                         }
                     }
                     response {
-                        HttpStatusCode.NoContent to {
+                        code(HttpStatusCode.NoContent) {
                             description = "the pet was successfully deleted"
                         }
-                        HttpStatusCode.NotFound to {
+                        code(HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
                             description = "the pet with the given id was not found"
                         }
                         default {
diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/RequestResponse.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/RequestResponse.kt
index 3dc9229..50b02fe 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/RequestResponse.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui-examples/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/examples/RequestResponse.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
             // information the possible responses
             response {
                 // document the "200 OK"-response
-                HttpStatusCode.OK to {
+                code(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
                     description = "Calculation was performed successfully."
                     // specify the schema of the response-body and some additional information
                     body<CalculationResult> {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ private fun Application.myModule() {
                     }
                 }
                 // document the "422 UnprocessableEntity"-response
-                HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity to {
+                code(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity) {
                     description = "The requested calculation could not be performed, e.g. due to division by zero."
                 }
             }
diff --git a/ktor-swagger-ui/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/routes/OpenApiResponses.kt b/ktor-swagger-ui/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/routes/OpenApiResponses.kt
index 0a41cf2..4a3d38c 100644
--- a/ktor-swagger-ui/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/routes/OpenApiResponses.kt
+++ b/ktor-swagger-ui/src/main/kotlin/io/github/smiley4/ktorswaggerui/dsl/routes/OpenApiResponses.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ class OpenApiResponses {
      */
     infix fun HttpStatusCode.to(block: OpenApiResponse.() -> Unit) = this.value.toString() to block
 
+    /**
+     * Information of response for a given http status code
+     */
+    fun code(statusCode: String, block: OpenApiResponse.() -> Unit) {
+        responses[statusCode] = OpenApiResponse(statusCode).apply(block)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Information of response for a given http status code
+     */
+    fun code(statusCode: HttpStatusCode, block: OpenApiResponse.() -> Unit) = code(statusCode.toString(), block)
+
 
     /**
      * Information of the default response