diff --git a/src/Exception/ApiException.php b/src/Exception/ApiException.php
index 5466171a..3bcb8599 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ApiException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ApiException.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class ApiException extends UKFastException
     public function __construct($response)
     {
         $response->getBody()->rewind();
+        $this->response = $response;
+
         $raw = $response->getBody()->getContents();
         $body = json_decode($raw);
         $err = json_last_error();
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ public function __construct($response)
 
         if (isset($body->errors) && is_array($body->errors)) {
             $this->errors = $this->getErrorsFromBody($body);
+        } elseif (isset($body->message)) {
+            $this->errors = $this->getApiGatewayErrorFromBody($body);
         }
 
         if (!empty($this->errors)) {
@@ -32,12 +36,6 @@ public function __construct($response)
 
             $this->message = $message;
         }
-
-        if (!empty($response->getHeader('Request-ID')[0])) {
-            $this->requestId = $response->getHeader('Request-ID')[0];
-        }
-
-        $this->response = $response;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,4 +84,14 @@ private function getErrorsFromBody($body)
 
         return $errors;
     }
+
+    private function getApiGatewayErrorFromBody($body)
+    {
+        $error = new ApiError;
+        $error->title = 'API Gateway Error';
+        $error->detail = $body->message;
+        $error->status = $this->response->getStatusCode();
+
+        return [$error];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiExceptionTest.php b/tests/ApiExceptionTest.php
index f0f47e57..1eb2a340 100644
--- a/tests/ApiExceptionTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiExceptionTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,24 @@ public function constructs_from_standard_api_error()
         $this->assertEquals('test-request-id', $exception->getRequestId());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function constructs_from_api_gateway_error()
+    {
+        $response = new Response(401, [], json_encode([
+            'message' => 'Invalid authentication credentials'
+        ]));
+
+        $exception = new ApiException($response);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($exception->getErrors()));
+        $this->assertEquals('API Gateway Error', $exception->getErrors()[0]->title);
+        $this->assertEquals('Invalid authentication credentials', $exception->getErrors()[0]->detail);
+        $this->assertEquals(401, $exception->getErrors()[0]->status);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
@@ -62,7 +80,7 @@ public function throws_invalid_json_exception_when_given_bad_json()
     /**
      * @test
      */
-    public function request_id_is_set_to_null_if_none_is_returned()
+    public function request_id_is_null_if_none_is_returned()
     {
         $response = new Response(500, [], json_encode([
             'errors' => [