diff --git a/pkg/api/api_object_handlers.go b/pkg/api/api_object_handlers.go
index 5b6a0dd30..d4c53ae05 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api_object_handlers.go
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ func (server *minioAPI) getObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	switch err := err.(type) {
 	case nil: // success
 		{
-			log.Println("Found: " + bucket + "#" + object)
-			httpRange, err := newRange(req, metadata.Size)
+			httpRange, err := getRequestedRange(req, metadata.Size)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error.Println(err)
 				error := getErrorCode(InvalidRange)
 				errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, "/"+bucket+"/"+object)
 				setCommonHeaders(w, getContentTypeString(acceptsContentType))
 				w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
-				w.Write(encodeErrorResponse(errorResponse, acceptsContentType))
+				encodedErrorResponse := encodeErrorResponse(errorResponse, acceptsContentType)
+				w.Write(encodedErrorResponse)
 				return
 			}
 			switch httpRange.start == 0 && httpRange.length == 0 {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (server *minioAPI) getObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 				}
 			case false:
 				metadata.Size = httpRange.length
-				writeRangeObjectHeaders(w, metadata, httpRange.getContentRange())
+				setRangeObjectHeaders(w, metadata, httpRange)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusPartialContent)
 				_, err := server.driver.GetPartialObject(w, bucket, object, httpRange.start, httpRange.length)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/api/headers.go b/pkg/api/headers.go
index d938c6165..a6e103a79 100644
--- a/pkg/api/headers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/headers.go
@@ -65,18 +65,16 @@ func setObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, metadata drivers.ObjectMetadata) {
 	w.Header().Set("ETag", metadata.Md5)
 	w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", lastModified)
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(metadata.Size, 10))
-	w.Header().Set("Connection", "close")
 }
 
 // Write range object header
-func writeRangeObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, metadata drivers.ObjectMetadata, ra string) {
-	lastModified := metadata.Created.Format(time.RFC1123)
-	// common headers
+func setRangeObjectHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter, metadata drivers.ObjectMetadata, contentRange *httpRange) {
+	// set common headers
 	setCommonHeaders(w, metadata.ContentType)
-	w.Header().Set("ETag", metadata.Md5)
-	w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", lastModified)
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Range", ra)
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(metadata.Size, 10))
+	// set object headers
+	setObjectHeaders(w, metadata)
+	// set content range
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Range", contentRange.getContentRange())
 }
 
 func encodeResponse(response interface{}, acceptsType contentType) []byte {
diff --git a/pkg/api/range.go b/pkg/api/range.go
index ae80dabcf..12f6788fc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/range.go
+++ b/pkg/api/range.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (r *httpRange) getContentRange() string {
 }
 
 // Grab new range from request header
-func newRange(req *http.Request, size int64) (*httpRange, error) {
+func getRequestedRange(req *http.Request, size int64) (*httpRange, error) {
 	r := &httpRange{
 		start:  0,
 		length: 0,