diff --git a/src/Beanstream/communications/HttpConnector.php b/src/Beanstream/communications/HttpConnector.php
index f0d0989..2ec79ff 100644
--- a/src/Beanstream/communications/HttpConnector.php
+++ b/src/Beanstream/communications/HttpConnector.php
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ private function request($http_method = NULL, $url, $data = NULL)
         if (is_null($res)) { //make sure the result is good to go
             throw new ConnectorException('Unexpected response format', 0);
         }
-        
-		//check for return errors from the API
-        if (isset($res['code']) && 1 < $res['code'] && !($req['http_code'] >= 200 && $req['http_code'] < 300)) {
+       
+        //check for return errors from the API
+        $httpCode = curl_getinfo($req, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+        if (isset($res['code']) && 1 < $res['code'] && !($httpCode >= 200 && $httpCode < 300)) {
             throw new ApiException($res['message'], $res['code']);
-        }
+        } 
         
         return $res;
     }