diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index c3efbfd..a6a5c9e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
           flash[:notice] = l(:notice_successful_create)
           redirect_to :controller => 'projects', :action => 'settings', :id => @project
         }
-        format.xml  { head :created, :location => url_for(:controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => @project.id) }
+        format.xml  { render :action => 'show', :status => :created, :location => url_for(:controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => @project.id) }
       end
     else
       respond_to do |format|
diff --git a/test/integration/projects_api_test.rb b/test/integration/projects_api_test.rb
index e254c51..6b08d64 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects_api_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/projects_api_test.rb
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ class ProjectsApiTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_difference 'Project.count' do
       post '/projects.xml', {:project => attributes}, :authorization => credentials('admin')
     end
-    assert_response :created
-    assert_equal 'application/xml', @response.content_type
+    
     project = Project.first(:order => 'id DESC')
     attributes.each do |attribute, value|
       assert_equal value, project.send(attribute)
     end
+
+    assert_response :created
+    assert_equal 'application/xml', @response.content_type
+    assert_tag 'project', :child => {:tag => 'id', :content => project.id.to_s}
   end
   
   def test_create_failure