2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ick2/client.py b/ick2/client.py
index dff3dc3..2b1318c 100644
--- a/ick2/client.py
+++ b/ick2/client.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class HttpAPI:
 
         r = func(url, headers=headers, verify=self._verify, **kwargs)
         if not r.ok:
-            raise HttpError(r.status_code)
+            raise HttpError('{}: {}'.format(r.status_code, r.text))
         return r
 
 
diff --git a/icktool b/icktool
index 8edd3a0..0866661 100755
--- a/icktool
+++ b/icktool
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ class Icktool(cliapp.Application):
             return self.settings['token']
         ac = self._new_auth(api)
         scopes = ' '.join(self.settings['scope'])
-        return ac.get_token(scopes)
+        try:
+            return ac.get_token(scopes)
+        except ick2.HttpError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write('Error getting token: %s\n' % str(e))
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     def _get_client_creds(self, url):
         cp = configparser.ConfigParser()