diff --git a/lib/create-contentful-api.js b/lib/create-contentful-api.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/create-contentful-api.js
+++ b/lib/create-contentful-api.js
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ export default function createContentfulApi ({http, getGlobalOptions}) {
     if (error.data) {
       throw error.data
     }
+
+    if (error.response && error.response.data) {
+      throw error.response.data
+    }
+
     throw error
   }
feat(error): throw appropriate error response (#<I>)