diff --git a/networkapiclient/ApiGenericClient.py b/networkapiclient/ApiGenericClient.py
index e7005c5..84f3ae0 100755
--- a/networkapiclient/ApiGenericClient.py
+++ b/networkapiclient/ApiGenericClient.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -72,15 +73,12 @@ def get(self, uri):
 
             request.raise_for_status()
 
-            try:
-                return request.json()
-            except:
-                return request
+            return request.json()
 
         except HTTPError:
-            error = request
+            error = request.json()
             self.logger.error(error)
-            raise NetworkAPIClientError(str(error))
+            raise NetworkAPIClientError(error.get('detail', ''))
         finally:
             self.logger.info('URI: %s', uri)
             if request:
@@ -112,15 +110,16 @@ def post(self, uri, data=None, files=None):
 
             request.raise_for_status()
 
-            try:
-                return request.json()
-            except:
-                return request
+            return request.json()
 
         except HTTPError:
-            error = request
+            error = request.json()
+            self.logger.error(error)
+            raise NetworkAPIClientError(error.get('detail', ''))
+        except Exception:
+            error = request.json()
             self.logger.error(error)
-            raise NetworkAPIClientError(str(error))
+            raise NetworkAPIClientError(error.get('detail', ''))
         finally:
             self.logger.info('URI: %s', uri)
             self.logger.info('Status Code: %s',
@@ -150,15 +149,12 @@ def put(self, uri, data=None):
 
             request.raise_for_status()
 
-            try:
-                return request.json()
-            except:
-                return request
+            return request.json()
 
         except HTTPError:
             error = request.json()
             self.logger.error(error)
-            raise NetworkAPIClientError(str(error))
+            raise NetworkAPIClientError(error.get('detail', ''))
         finally:
             self.logger.info('URI: %s', uri)
             self.logger.info('Status Code: %s',
@@ -187,15 +183,12 @@ def delete(self, uri, data=None):
 
             request.raise_for_status()
 
-            try:
-                return request.json()
-            except:
-                return request
+            return request.json()
 
         except HTTPError:
-            error = request if request else ""
+            error = request.json() if request else ""
             self.logger.error(error)
-            raise NetworkAPIClientError(str(error))
+            raise NetworkAPIClientError(error.get('detail', ''))
         finally:
             if request:
                 self.logger.info('URI: %s', uri)
diff --git a/networkapiclient/__init__.py b/networkapiclient/__init__.py
index 7796cd1..bc8099b 100644
--- a/networkapiclient/__init__.py
+++ b/networkapiclient/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION = '0'
 MINOR_VERSION = '8'
-PATCH_VERSION = '14'
+PATCH_VERSION = '15'
 VERSION = '.'.join((MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION,))