diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 815f47035..cd8a2675b 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -1519,11 +1519,12 @@ def extractErrorMessage(page):
 
     retVal = None
 
-    for regex in (r"<b>[^<]*(fatal|error|warning|exception)[^<]*</b>:?\s+(?P<result>.+)<br\s*/?\s*>", r"<li>Error Type:<br>(?P<result>.+?)</li>"):
-        match = re.search(regex, page, re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE)
-        if match:
-            retVal = htmlunescape(match.group("result"))
-            break
+    if isinstance(page, basestring):
+        for regex in (r"<b>[^<]*(fatal|error|warning|exception)[^<]*</b>:?\s+(?P<result>.+)<br\s*/?\s*>", r"<li>Error Type:<br>(?P<result>.+?)</li>"):
+            match = re.search(regex, page, re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE)
+            if match:
+                retVal = htmlunescape(match.group("result")).replace("<br>", "\n").strip()
+                break
 
     return retVal
 
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index f26cb2600..20f0cf076 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ class Connect:
             responseHeaders = conn.info()
             page = decodePage(page, responseHeaders.get("Content-Encoding"), responseHeaders.get("Content-Type"))
 
-            if conf.parseErrors:
-                msg = extractErrorMessage(page)
-                if msg:
-                    logger.info("parsed error message: '%s'" % msg)
-
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             code = e.code
             status = e.msg
@@ -240,12 +235,6 @@ class Connect:
                 try:
                     page = e.read()
                     responseHeaders = e.info()
-
-                    if conf.parseErrors:
-                        msg = extractErrorMessage(page)
-                        if msg:
-                            logger.info("parsed error message: '%s'" % msg)
-
                 except socket.timeout:
                     warnMsg  = "connection timed out while trying "
                     warnMsg += "to get error page information (%d)" % code
@@ -309,6 +298,11 @@ class Connect:
 
         logger.log(7, responseMsg)
 
+        if conf.parseErrors:
+            msg = extractErrorMessage(page)
+            if msg:
+                logger.info("parsed error message: '%s'" % msg)
+
         return page, responseHeaders
 
     @staticmethod