diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilter.java
index ca90c02..6fd3cdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilter.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import static com.google.gerrit.httpd.restapi.RestApiServlet.SC_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY;
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.HttpServletOps.checkAcceptHeader;
-import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.api.HttpServletOps.setResponse;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED;
@@ -194,16 +193,8 @@
   }
 
   private void doInitProject(HttpServletRequest httpRequest, HttpServletResponse httpResponse)
-      throws RestApiException, IOException, PermissionBackendException {
-
-    IdString id = getInitProjectName(httpRequest).get();
-    String projectName = id.get();
-    if (projectInitializationAction.initProject(projectName)) {
-      setResponse(
-          httpResponse, HttpServletResponse.SC_CREATED, "Project " + projectName + " initialized");
-      return;
-    }
-    throw new InitProjectException(projectName);
+      throws IOException, ServletException {
+    projectInitializationAction.service(httpRequest, httpResponse);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilterTest.java
index 5ede668..9492d49 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/PullReplicationFilterTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import static com.google.gerrit.httpd.restapi.RestApiServlet.SC_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_CONFLICT;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -174,15 +173,11 @@
 
     when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(INIT_PROJECT_URI);
     when(request.getHeader(ACCEPT)).thenReturn(MediaType.PLAIN_TEXT_UTF_8.toString());
-    when(projectInitializationAction.initProject(PROJECT_NAME_GIT)).thenReturn(true);
-    when(response.getWriter()).thenReturn(printWriter);
 
     final PullReplicationFilter pullReplicationFilter = createPullReplicationFilter();
     pullReplicationFilter.doFilter(request, response, filterChain);
 
-    verify(request, times(5)).getRequestURI();
-    verify(projectInitializationAction).initProject(eq(PROJECT_NAME_GIT));
-    verify(response).getWriter();
+    verify(projectInitializationAction).service(request, response);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -254,19 +249,6 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldBe500WhenProjectCannotBeInitiated() throws Exception {
-    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(INIT_PROJECT_URI);
-    when(request.getHeader(ACCEPT)).thenReturn(MediaType.PLAIN_TEXT_UTF_8.toString());
-    when(projectInitializationAction.initProject(PROJECT_NAME_GIT)).thenReturn(false);
-    when(response.getOutputStream()).thenReturn(outputStream);
-
-    final PullReplicationFilter pullReplicationFilter = createPullReplicationFilter();
-    pullReplicationFilter.doFilter(request, response, filterChain);
-
-    verify(response).setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-  }
-
-  @Test
   public void shouldBe500WhenResourceNotFound() throws Exception {
     when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(DELETE_PROJECT_URI);
     when(request.getMethod()).thenReturn("DELETE");