diff --git a/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp b/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
index 7e8dc7dfc87..3d8b11c70dc 100644
--- a/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
+++ b/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
@@ -112,13 +112,9 @@ void AxivionProjectSettingsWidget::fetchProjects()
 void AxivionProjectSettingsWidget::onDashboardInfoReceived(const DashboardInfo &info)
 {
     if (!info.error.isEmpty()) {
-        if (info.error.contains("credentials")) {
-            m_infoLabel->setText("Authentication failed. Check credentials settings.");
-            m_infoLabel->setType(Utils::InfoLabel::Error);
-            m_infoLabel->setVisible(true);
-        }
-        // send error to general message and discard results
-        // FIXME currently we do not get all errors - e.g. wrong curl calls
+        m_infoLabel->setText(info.error);
+        m_infoLabel->setType(Utils::InfoLabel::Error);
+        m_infoLabel->setVisible(true);
         updateEnabledStates();
         return;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/axivion/axivionquery.cpp b/plugins/axivion/axivionquery.cpp
index bff033fc125..8b8cf48938f 100644
--- a/plugins/axivion/axivionquery.cpp
+++ b/plugins/axivion/axivionquery.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AxivionQueryRunner::AxivionQueryRunner(const AxivionQuery &query, QObject *paren
     const AxivionServer server = settings->server;
 
     QStringList args = server.curlArguments();
-    // TODO handle paginated results
+    args << "-i";
     args << "--header" << "Authorization: AxToken " + server.token;
 
     QString url = server.dashboard;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ AxivionQueryRunner::AxivionQueryRunner(const AxivionQuery &query, QObject *paren
                 start();
                 return;
             }
-            // output error to general message
+            emit resultRetrieved(m_process.readAllStandardError());
         } else {
             emit resultRetrieved(m_process.readAllStandardOutput());
         }
diff --git a/plugins/axivion/axivionresultparser.cpp b/plugins/axivion/axivionresultparser.cpp
index 59f90854d37..5ef89a1cce1 100644
--- a/plugins/axivion/axivionresultparser.cpp
+++ b/plugins/axivion/axivionresultparser.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,69 @@
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+#include <utility>
 
 namespace Axivion::Internal {
 
+static std::pair<QByteArray, QByteArray> splitHeaderAndBody(const QByteArray &input)
+{
+    QByteArray header;
+    QByteArray json;
+    int emptyLine = input.indexOf("\r\n\r\n"); // we always get \r\n as line separator
+    if (emptyLine != -1) {
+        header = input.left(emptyLine);
+        json = input.mid(emptyLine + 4);
+    } else {
+        json = input;
+    }
+    return {header, json};
+}
+
+static int httpStatus(const QByteArray &header)
+{
+    int firstHeaderEnd = header.indexOf("\r\n");
+    if (firstHeaderEnd == -1)
+        return 600; // unexpected header
+    const QString firstLine = QString::fromUtf8(header.first(firstHeaderEnd));
+    static const QRegularExpression regex(R"(^HTTP/\d\.\d (\d{3}) .*$)");
+    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = regex.match(firstLine);
+    return match.hasMatch() ? match.captured(1).toInt() : 601;
+}
+
+static std::pair<BaseResult, QJsonDocument> prehandleHeaderAndBody(const QByteArray &header,
+                                                                   const QByteArray &body)
+{
+    BaseResult result;
+    if (header.isEmpty()) {
+        result.error = QString::fromUtf8(body); // we likely had a curl problem
+        return {result, {}};
+    }
+    int status = httpStatus(header);
+    if ((status > 399) || (status > 299 && body.isEmpty())) { // FIXME handle some explicitly?
+        const QString statusStr = QString::number(status);
+        if (body.isEmpty() || body.startsWith('<')) // likely an html response or redirect
+            result.error = QLatin1String("(%1)").arg(statusStr);
+        else
+            result.error = QLatin1String("%1 (%2)").arg(QString::fromUtf8(body)).arg(statusStr);
+        return {result, {}};
+    }
+
+    QJsonParseError error;
+    const QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(body, &error);
+    if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
+        result.error = error.errorString();
+        return {result, doc};
+    }
+
+    if (!doc.isObject()) {
+        result.error = "Not an object.";
+        return {result, {}};
+    }
+
+    return {result, doc};
+}
 
 namespace ResultParser {
 
@@ -16,18 +76,10 @@ DashboardInfo parseDashboardInfo(const QByteArray &input)
 {
     DashboardInfo result;
 
-    QJsonParseError error;
-    const QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(input, &error);
-    if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
-        if (input.startsWith("Authentication failed:"))
-            result.error = QString::fromUtf8(input);
-        else
-            result.error = error.errorString();
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    if (!doc.isObject()) {
-        result.error = "Not an object.";
+    auto [header, body] = splitHeaderAndBody(input);
+    auto [error, doc] = prehandleHeaderAndBody(header, body);
+    if (!error.error.isEmpty()) {
+        result.error = error.error;
         return result;
     }
     const QJsonObject object = doc.object();