diff --git a/scalr.go b/scalr.go
index f755ad6..16eb01c 100644
--- a/scalr.go
+++ b/scalr.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func checkResponseCode(r *http.Response) error {
 	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(errPayload)
 	if err != nil || len(errPayload.Errors) == 0 {
 		if r.StatusCode == 404 {
-			return &ErrResourceNotFound{}
+			return ErrResourceNotFound{}
 		} else {
 			return fmt.Errorf(r.Status)
 		}
diff --git a/scalr_test.go b/scalr_test.go
index be3e21f..a6858f0 100644
--- a/scalr_test.go
+++ b/scalr_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package scalr
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -245,6 +248,19 @@ func TestClient_retryHTTPCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClient_notFoundErrorWithoutMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	resp := &http.Response{
+		StatusCode: 404,
+		Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString("test boody")),
+	}
+	err := checkResponseCode(resp)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, err, ErrResourceNotFound{})
+	}
+}
+
 func setupEnvVars(token, address string) func() {
 	origToken := os.Getenv("SCALR_TOKEN")
 	origAddress := os.Getenv("SCALR_ADDRESS")