diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index f8467b4..a8d9757 100644
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="1.9.10" />
+    <option name="version" value="2.1.0" />
   </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index df4d7d6..0000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/Run Tests.xml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="Run Tests" type="Application" factoryName="Application" nameIsGenerated="true">
-    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="net.thauvin.erik.JokeapiTest" />
-    <module name="app" />
-    <method v="2">
-      <option name="Make" enabled="true" />
-    </method>
-  </configuration>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
index 3ef3acc..2d1f6cb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ internal fun fetchUrl(url: String, auth: String = ""): String {
             connection.setRequestProperty("Authentication", auth)
         }
 
-        if (connection.responseCode in 200..399) {
-            val body = connection.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
-            if (JokeApi.logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-                JokeApi.logger.fine(body)
-            }
-            return body
-        } else {
+        val stream = if (connection.responseCode in 200..399) connection.inputStream else connection.errorStream
+        val body = stream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
+        if (body.isBlank()) {
             throw httpError(connection.responseCode)
         }
+        if (JokeApi.logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
+            JokeApi.logger.fine(body)
+        }
+        return body
     } finally {
         connection.disconnect()
     }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/ExceptionsTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/ExceptionsTest.kt
index 4570a81..d441189 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/ExceptionsTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/ExceptionsTest.kt
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import net.thauvin.erik.jokeapi.models.Category
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource
 
 @ExtendWith(BeforeAllTests::class)
 internal class ExceptionsTest {
@@ -63,19 +61,20 @@ internal class ExceptionsTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @ParameterizedTest
-    @ValueSource(ints = [400, 404, 403, 413, 414, 429, 500, 523, 666])
-    fun `Validate HTTP Exceptions`(code: Int) {
-        val e = assertThrows<HttpErrorException> {
-            fetchUrl("https://httpstat.us/$code")
-        }
-        assertThat(e, "fetchUrl($code)").all {
-            prop(HttpErrorException::statusCode).isEqualTo(code)
-            prop(HttpErrorException::message).isNotNull().isNotEmpty()
-            if (code < 600)
-                prop(HttpErrorException::cause).isNotNull().assertThat(Throwable::message).isNotNull()
-            else
-                prop(HttpErrorException::cause).isNull()
+    @Test
+    fun `Validate HTTP Exceptions`() {
+        val locs = ArrayList<Pair<String, Int>>()
+        locs.add(Pair("https://apichallenges.herokuapp.com/secret/note", 401))
+        locs.add(Pair("https://apichallenges.herokuapp.com/todo", 404))
+
+        for ((url, code) in locs) {
+            val e = assertThrows<HttpErrorException> {
+                fetchUrl(url)
+            }
+            assertThat(e, "fetchUrl($code)").all {
+                prop(HttpErrorException::statusCode).isEqualTo(code)
+                prop(HttpErrorException::message).isNotNull().isNotEmpty()
+            }
         }
     }
 }