diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index ace5f40..4cb172c 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+//go:build tools
 // +build tools
 
 package main
 
 import (
 	_ "golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer"
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
diff --git a/unifi/unifi.go b/unifi/unifi.go
index a3d5adc..ef2a881 100644
--- a/unifi/unifi.go
+++ b/unifi/unifi.go
@@ -246,11 +246,22 @@ func (c *Client) do(ctx context.Context, method, relativeURL string, reqBody int
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
 		errBody := struct {
 			Meta meta `json:"meta"`
+			Data []struct {
+				Meta meta `json:"meta"`
+			} `json:"data"`
 		}{}
 		if err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&errBody); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w (%s) for %s %s", errBody.Meta.error(), resp.Status, method, url.String())
+		var apiErr error
+		if len(errBody.Data) > 0 && errBody.Data[0].Meta.RC == "error" {
+			// check first error in data, should we look for more than one?
+			apiErr = errBody.Data[0].Meta.error()
+		}
+		if apiErr == nil {
+			apiErr = errBody.Meta.error()
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w (%s) for %s %s", apiErr, resp.Status, method, url.String())
 	}
 
 	if respBody == nil || resp.ContentLength == 0 {