Backbone.js: have server return partial view after model.save event

backbone-override-save.js

    save: function () {
        var _this = this;
        this.model.save(null, {
            error: function (model, response, options) {
                //Backbone save goes to error if response is not JSON
                if (response.status === 200) {
                    //check response code and then manually render view with response HTML
                    _this.$el.html(response.responseText);
                } 
            }
        });
    },