diff --git a/lib/chargebee/errors.rb b/lib/chargebee/errors.rb
index 826ebed..00dcbf5 100644
--- a/lib/chargebee/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/chargebee/errors.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class APIError < Error
     
     def initialize(http_code=nil, json_obj = nil)
       super json_obj[:message]
+      @message = json_obj[:message]
       @json_obj = json_obj
       @http_status_code = http_code
       @type = json_obj[:type]
diff --git a/spec/errors_spec.rb b/spec/errors_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9638763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/errors_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'ChargeBee::InvalidRequestError' do
+  let(:invalid_request_json) do
+    {
+        message:  'id: The value chargebee_account is already present.',
+        type: 'invalid_request',
+        api_error_code: 'duplicate_entry',
+        param: 'id',
+        error_code: 'param_not_unique',
+        error_msg: 'The value chargebee_account is already present.',
+        error_param: 'id',
+        http_status_code: 400
+    }
+  end
+
+  it "provide message from error api response" do
+    error = ChargeBee::InvalidRequestError.new(400, invalid_request_json)
+    error.message.should eq 'id: The value chargebee_account is already present.'
+  end
+
+end
+