diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
index 83f602f..88a8fbe 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/entities.rb
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ module Noosfero
 
       class Environment < Entity
         expose :name
+        expose :id
       end
 
       class Tag < Entity
diff --git a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/environments.rb b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/environments.rb
index f99f26a..070f095 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/api/v1/environments.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/api/v1/environments.rb
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ module Noosfero
           end
 
           get ':id' do
+            resultEnvironment = nil
             if (params[:id] == "default")
-              present Environment.default
+              resultEnvironment = Environment.default
             elsif (params[:id] == "context")
-              present environment
+              resultEnvironment = environment
             else
-              present Environment.find(params[:id])
+              resultEnvironment = Environment.find(params[:id])
             end
+            present resultEnvironment, :with => Entities::Environment
           end
 
         end
diff --git a/test/api/environment_test.rb b/test/api/environment_test.rb
index 315e9bf..4856925 100644
--- a/test/api/environment_test.rb
+++ b/test/api/environment_test.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ class EnvironmentTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal environment.id, json['id']
   end
 
+  should 'not return the default environment settings' do
+    environment = Environment.default
+    get "/api/v1/environment/default"
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_equal environment.id, json['id']
+    puts "json: #{json}"
+    assert_nil json['settings']
+  end
+
   should 'return created environment' do
     environment = fast_create(Environment)
     default_env = Environment.default
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