diff --git a/cli/rudder-cli b/cli/rudder-cli
index daf06f6..974df08 100755
--- a/cli/rudder-cli
+++ b/cli/rudder-cli
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print(endpoint.debug_query)
       print("Error in calling " + function.__name__)
       pprint(e)
-      pprint(e.response.text)
+      pprint(e.message)
       exit(10)
 
   # display debug data
diff --git a/lib.python/rudder.py.src b/lib.python/rudder.py.src
index f93e05d..3f858ec 100755
--- a/lib.python/rudder.py.src
+++ b/lib.python/rudder.py.src
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ class RudderError(requests.exceptions.RequestException):
     resp = kwargs.get('response', None)
     try:
       self.rudder_info = json.loads(resp.text)
-      self.rudder_message = self.rudder_info['errorDetails']
+      self.message = self.rudder_info['errorDetails']
     except ValueError:
-      self.rudder_message = resp.text
-    super(RudderError, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+      self.message = resp.text
+    super(RudderError, self).__init__()
 
 
 class RudderEndPoint: