diff --git a/src/tests/tools/mock_osm/WimconnectorIETFL2VPN.py b/src/tests/tools/mock_osm/WimconnectorIETFL2VPN.py
index e1273b4e483a06df23d94bdf107005ce7585fb5e..aa4ca045f41ffdc69d2ebf2fcd9b5db99ce45dbe 100644
--- a/src/tests/tools/mock_osm/WimconnectorIETFL2VPN.py
+++ b/src/tests/tools/mock_osm/WimconnectorIETFL2VPN.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class WimconnectorIETFL2VPN(SdnConnectorBase):
             response = requests.get(endpoint, auth=self.auth)
             http_code = response.status_code
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
-            raise SdnConnectorError(e.message, http_code=503)
+            raise SdnConnectorError(e.response, http_code=503)
 
         if http_code != 200:
             raise SdnConnectorError("Failed while authenticating", http_code=http_code)