diff --git a/django_jinja/views/__init__.py b/django_jinja/views/__init__.py
index 23c2b8e..1648e77 100644
--- a/django_jinja/views/__init__.py
+++ b/django_jinja/views/__init__.py
@@ -1,68 +1,34 @@
-from django import http
-from django.template import loader
-from django.views import View
+from django.views import defaults
 
 from ..base import get_match_extension
 
 
-class GenericView(View):
-    response_cls = http.HttpResponse
-    content_type = "text/html"
-    tmpl_name = None
+def bad_request(request, exception=None):
+    return defaults.bad_request(
+        request,
+        exception,
+        template_name=f"400{get_match_extension() or '.jinja'}"
+    )
 
-    def get_context_data(self):
-        return {"view": self}
 
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        context = self.get_context_data()
-        template_name = callable(self.tmpl_name) and self.tmpl_name() or self.tmpl_name
-        output = loader.render_to_string(template_name, context, request=request)
-        return self.response_cls(output, content_type=self.content_type)
+def permission_denied(request, exception=None):
+    return defaults.permission_denied(
+        request,
+        exception,
+        template_name=f"403{get_match_extension() or '.jinja'}"
+    )
 
 
-class ErrorView(GenericView):
-    def head(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
+def page_not_found(request, exception=None):
+    return defaults.page_not_found(
+        request,
+        exception,
+        template_name=f"404{get_match_extension() or '.jinja'}"
+    )
 
-    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-
-class PageNotFound(ErrorView):
-    response_cls = http.HttpResponseNotFound
-
-    def tmpl_name(self):
-        return "404" + (get_match_extension() or ".jinja")
-
-
-class PermissionDenied(ErrorView):
-    response_cls = http.HttpResponseForbidden
-
-    def tmpl_name(self):
-        return "403" + (get_match_extension() or ".jinja")
-
-
-class BadRequest(ErrorView):
-    response_cls = http.HttpResponseBadRequest
-
-    def tmpl_name(self):
-        return "400" + (get_match_extension() or ".jinja")
-
-
-class ServerError(ErrorView):
-    response_cls = http.HttpResponseServerError
-
-    def tmpl_name(self):
-        return "500" + (get_match_extension() or ".jinja")
+def server_error(request):
+    return defaults.server_error(
+        request,
+        template_name=f"500{get_match_extension() or '.jinja'}"
+    )
diff --git a/doc/content.adoc b/doc/content.adoc
index 7fe0684..fe024eb 100644
--- a/doc/content.adoc
+++ b/doc/content.adoc
@@ -548,29 +548,22 @@ library.extension(MyExtension)
 
 This only works within a Django app. If you don't have an app for your project, create an app specifically for this purpose and put your templatetags there.
 
-=== Render 4xx/500 pages with jinja
+=== Render error pages with jinja
 
-django-jinja also provides a set of views for easy
-render 4xx/500 pages using jinja engine:
+django-jinja also provides a set of views for rendering
+400, 403, 404, and 500 error pages using the jinja engine:
 
 [source, python]
 ----
 # yourproject/urls.py
 from django_jinja import views
 
-handler400 = views.BadRequest.as_view()
-handler403 = views.PermissionDenied.as_view()
-handler404 = views.PageNotFound.as_view()
-handler500 = views.ServerError.as_view()
+handler400 = views.bad_request
+handler403 = views.permission_denied
+handler404 = views.page_not_found
+handler500 = views.server_error
 ----
 
-
-== Known Issues
-
-- The above handler500 is broken as of django 2.2. see: https:github.com/niwinz/django-jinja/issues/234
-
-
-
 == Builtin contrib modules
 
 *django-jinja* comes with some additional contrib modules that adapt a limited set of external
diff --git a/testing/testapp/urls.py b/testing/testapp/urls.py
index 1a17411..238e745 100644
--- a/testing/testapp/urls.py
+++ b/testing/testapp/urls.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     url(r"^test1/(?P<data>\d+)/$", BasicTestView.as_view(), name="test-1"),
     url(r"^test-i18n/$", I18nTestView.as_view(), name="i18n-test"),
     url(r"^test-i18n-dtl/$", I18nTestViewDTL.as_view(), name="i18n-dtl-test"),
-    url(r"^test/404$", views.PageNotFound.as_view(), name="page-404"),
-    url(r"^test/403$", views.PermissionDenied.as_view(), name="page-403"),
-    url(r"^test/500$", views.ServerError.as_view(), name="page-500"),
+    url(r"^test/404$", views.page_not_found, name="page-404"),
+    url(r"^test/403$", views.permission_denied, name="page-403"),
+    url(r"^test/500$", views.server_error, name="page-500"),
     url(r"^test-streaming/$", StreamingTestView.as_view(), name='streaming-test'),
 
     url(r"^testmodel/$", ListTestView.as_view()),