diff --git a/patrowl4py/api.py b/patrowl4py/api.py
index 36f37e6..17f6a65 100644
--- a/patrowl4py/api.py
+++ b/patrowl4py/api.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def patrowl_request(self, request, path, error_message, payload=None):
         try:
             req = request(self.url+path, data=payload)
             if not req.ok:
-                raise PatrowlException("{}: {}".format(error_message, req.text))
+                raise PatrowlException("{}: {}".format(error_message, req.raise_for_status()))
             return req.json()
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err_msg:
             raise PatrowlException("{}: {}".format(error_message, err_msg))