diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/Features/AuthorizesUserActionsOnModelsTrait.php b/src/Http/Controllers/Features/AuthorizesUserActionsOnModelsTrait.php
index 5a19116..8eace4b 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/Features/AuthorizesUserActionsOnModelsTrait.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/Features/AuthorizesUserActionsOnModelsTrait.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Gate;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
 
 /**
  * Trait AuthorizesUsersActionsAgainstModelsTrait
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@ public function userCan($ability, $arguments = [])
             return true;
         }
 
+        // If not, check if we have a custom Response object, and if so, utilise it
+        // @var $response \Illuminate\Auth\Access\Response
+        $response = app(Gate::class)->forUser($user)->inspect($ability, $arguments);
+        if (! empty($response->message())) {
+            throw new HttpException($response->code(), $response->message());
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/Features/JWTAuthenticationTrait.php b/src/Http/Controllers/Features/JWTAuthenticationTrait.php
index 7991bf4..bd90af2 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/Features/JWTAuthenticationTrait.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/Features/JWTAuthenticationTrait.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function getUser()
      */
     protected function respondWithToken($token)
     {
-        $tokenReponse = new \Stdclass;
+        $tokenReponse = new \stdClass;
 
         $tokenReponse->jwt = $token;
         $tokenReponse->token_type = 'bearer';