diff --git a/apps/restconf/restconf_methods.c b/apps/restconf/restconf_methods.c
index c5032c8b..8cadab90 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/restconf_methods.c
+++ b/apps/restconf/restconf_methods.c
@@ -188,11 +188,18 @@ api_return_err(clicon_handle h,
 	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "    </errors>\r\n");
     }
     else{
-	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "{%s", pretty?"\r\n":"");
-	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "  \"ietf-restconf:errors\" : {%s", pretty?"\r\n":"");
-	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "    %s", cbuf_get(cb));
-	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "  }%s", pretty?"\r\n":"");
-	FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "}\r\n");
+	if (pretty){
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "{\r\n");
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "  \"ietf-restconf:errors\" : %s\r\n",
+			 cbuf_get(cb));
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "}\r\n");
+	}
+	else{
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "{");
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "\"ietf-restconf:errors\" : ");
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "%s", cbuf_get(cb));
+	    FCGX_FPrintF(r->out, "}\r\n");
+	}
     }
  ok:
     retval = 0;
diff --git a/test/test_restconf.sh b/test/test_restconf.sh
index d0515410..99920060 100755
--- a/test/test_restconf.sh
+++ b/test/test_restconf.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ if [ -z "$match" ]; then
 fi
 
 new "restconf Re-add subtree which should give error"
-expectfn 'curl -s -i -X POST -d {"interfaces":{"interface":{"name":"eth/0/0","type":"eth","enabled":true}}} http://localhost/restconf/data' '{"error-tag": "operation-failed"'
+expectfn 'curl -s  -X POST -d {"interfaces":{"interface":{"name":"eth/0/0","type":"eth","enabled":true}}} http://localhost/restconf/data' '{"ietf-restconf:errors" : {"error": {"error-tag": "operation-failed","error-type": "protocol","error-severity": "error","error-message": "Object to create already exists"}}}'
 
 new "restconf Check interfaces eth/0/0 added"
 expectfn "curl -s -G http://localhost/restconf/data" '{"interfaces": {"interface": \[{"name": "eth/0/0","type": "eth","enabled": true}\]},"interfaces-state": {"interface": \[{"name": "eth0","type": "eth","if-index": 42}\]}}