diff --git a/lib/rest/axios.js b/lib/rest/axios.js
index d323f07..78348d5 100644
--- a/lib/rest/axios.js
+++ b/lib/rest/axios.js
@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ export function Axios(config) {
           }
         })
         .catch(function (error) {
+          const exceptionClass = {
+            400: Exceptions.InvalidRequestError,
+            401: Exceptions.AuthenticationError,
+            404: Exceptions.ResourceNotFoundError,
+            405: Exceptions.InvalidRequestError,
+            500: Exceptions.ServerError,
+          } [error.response.status] || Error;
+          if (!_.inRange(error.response.status, 200, 300)) {
+            let body = error.response.data;
+            if (typeof body === 'object') {
+              reject(new exceptionClass(body));
+            }
+          }
           reject(error.stack + '\n' + JSON.stringify(error.response.data));
         })
       }
diff --git a/lib/rest/request.js b/lib/rest/request.js
index 336d18f..94f1c72 100644
--- a/lib/rest/request.js
+++ b/lib/rest/request.js
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ export function Request(config) {
           if (!_.inRange(response.statusCode, 200, 300)) {
             body = body || response.body;
             if (typeof body === 'object') {
+              reject(new exceptionClass(JSON.stringify(body)));
+            } else {
               reject(new exceptionClass(body));
             }
           }