diff --git a/src/baseRequest.js b/src/baseRequest.js
index e75e92a..90ce3b2 100644
--- a/src/baseRequest.js
+++ b/src/baseRequest.js
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ export default function baseRequest(url, { jsonBody, query, urlTemplateSpec, ...
             // If status is not a 2xx (based on Response.ok), assume it's an error
             // See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalFetch/fetch
             if (!(res && res.ok)) {
-                throw res
+                const errorObject = {
+                    message: 'HTTP Error: Requested page not reachable',
+                    status: `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`,
+                    requestURI: res.url
+                }
+                throw errorObject
             }
             return res
         })
diff --git a/test/connection/test_connection.js b/test/connection/test_connection.js
index 8e7e495..435e38b 100644
--- a/test/connection/test_connection.js
+++ b/test/connection/test_connection.js
@@ -7,8 +7,21 @@ import { Connection } from '../../src'
 const API_PATH = 'http://localhost:9984/api/v1/'
 const conn = new Connection(API_PATH)
 
+test('Payload thrown at incorrect API_PATH', t => {
+    const path = 'http://localhost:9984/api/wrong/'
+    const connection = new Connection(path)
+    const target = {
+        message: 'HTTP Error: Requested page not reachable',
+        status: '404 NOT FOUND',
+        requestURI: 'http://localhost:9984/api/wrong/transactions/transactionId'
+    }
+    connection.getTransaction('transactionId')
+        .catch(error => {
+            t.deepEqual(target, error)
+        })
+})
 
-test('generate API URLS', t => {
+test('Generate API URLS', t => {
     const endpoints = {
         'blocks': 'blocks',
         'blocksDetail': 'blocks/%(blockId)s',