diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/core/utils/pipeline/PipelineHelpers.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/core/utils/pipeline/PipelineHelpers.java
index c022ab06a799..8aca9db4c693 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/core/utils/pipeline/PipelineHelpers.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/core/utils/pipeline/PipelineHelpers.java
@@ -27,17 +27,29 @@
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.Builder;
 
 public class PipelineHelpers {
+
+    private static String createErrorMessage(ClientResponse clientResponse) {
+        clientResponse.bufferEntity();
+        String errorMessage = clientResponse.toString();
+        if (clientResponse.hasEntity()) {
+            errorMessage = errorMessage + " " + clientResponse.getEntity(String.class);
+        }
+        return errorMessage;
+    }
+
     public static void ThrowIfNotSuccess(ClientResponse clientResponse) {
         int statusCode = clientResponse.getStatus();
 
         if ((statusCode < 200) || (statusCode >= 300)) {
-            throw new UniformInterfaceException(clientResponse);
+            String errorMessage = createErrorMessage(clientResponse);
+            throw new UniformInterfaceException(errorMessage, clientResponse);
         }
     }
 
     public static void ThrowIfError(ClientResponse clientResponse) {
         if (clientResponse.getStatus() >= 400) {
-            throw new UniformInterfaceException(clientResponse);
+            String errorMessage = createErrorMessage(clientResponse);
+            throw new UniformInterfaceException(errorMessage, clientResponse);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/media/ContentKeyIntegrationTest.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/media/ContentKeyIntegrationTest.java
index a8b4f3cab0cb..c195aad9320f 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/media/ContentKeyIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/media/ContentKeyIntegrationTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.security.PrivateKey;
 import java.security.Security;
@@ -284,9 +285,10 @@ public void rebindContentKeyWithX509CertficateSuccess() throws Exception {
         byte[] aesKey = createTestAesKey();
         ContentKeyInfo contentKeyInfo = createValidTestContentKeyWithAesKey("rebindContentKeyWithX509Success", aesKey);
         URL serverCertificateUri = getClass().getResource("/certificate/server.crt");
-        X509Certificate x509Certificate = EncryptionHelper.loadX509Certificate(serverCertificateUri.getFile());
+        X509Certificate x509Certificate = EncryptionHelper.loadX509Certificate(URLDecoder.decode(
+                serverCertificateUri.getFile(), "UTF-8"));
         URL serverPrivateKey = getClass().getResource("/certificate/server.der");
-        PrivateKey privateKey = EncryptionHelper.getPrivateKey(serverPrivateKey.getFile());
+        PrivateKey privateKey = EncryptionHelper.getPrivateKey(URLDecoder.decode(serverPrivateKey.getFile(), "UTF-8"));
 
         String rebindedContentKey = service.action(ContentKey.rebind(contentKeyInfo.getId(),
                 URLEncoder.encode(Base64.encode(x509Certificate.getEncoded()), "UTF-8")));