diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/resperr.go b/pkg/apiclient/resperr.go
index ff954a736..6edd1334e 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/resperr.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/resperr.go
@@ -34,12 +34,18 @@ func CheckResponse(r *http.Response) error {
 
 	data, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil || len(data) == 0 {
-		ret.Message = ptr.Of(fmt.Sprintf("http code %d, no error message", r.StatusCode))
+		ret.Message = ptr.Of(fmt.Sprintf("http code %d, no response body", r.StatusCode))
 		return ret
 	}
 
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, ret); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("http code %d, invalid body: %w", r.StatusCode, err)
+	switch r.StatusCode {
+	case 422:
+		ret.Message = ptr.Of(fmt.Sprintf("http code %d, invalid request: %s", r.StatusCode, string(data)))
+	default:
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, ret); err != nil {
+			ret.Message = ptr.Of(fmt.Sprintf("http code %d, invalid body: %s", r.StatusCode, string(data)))
+			return ret
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/usagemetrics.go b/pkg/apiclient/usagemetrics.go
index 6649913a4..c418f4843 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/usagemetrics.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/usagemetrics.go
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import (
 type UsageMetricsService service
 
 func (s *UsageMetricsService) Add(ctx context.Context, metrics *models.AllMetrics) (interface{}, *Response, error) {
-	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/usage-metrics/", s.client.URLPrefix)
+	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/usage-metrics", s.client.URLPrefix)
 
 	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &metrics)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-
 	var response interface{}
 
 	resp, err := s.client.Do(ctx, req, &response)
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apic_metrics.go b/pkg/apiserver/apic_metrics.go
index ab13a69fe..6b32f74c3 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apic_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apic_metrics.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (a *apic) SendUsageMetrics() {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			metrics, metricsId, err := a.GetUsageMetrics()
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("unable to get usage metrics (%s)", err)
+				log.Errorf("unable to get usage metrics: %s", err)
 			}
 			/*jsonStr, err := json.Marshal(metrics)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ func (a *apic) SendUsageMetrics() {
 			_, _, err = a.apiClient.UsageMetrics.Add(context.Background(), metrics)
 
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("unable to send usage metrics (%s)", err)
+				log.Errorf("unable to send usage metrics: %s", err)
 			} else {
 
 				err = a.MarkUsageMetricsAsSent(metricsId)
 				if err != nil {
-					log.Errorf("unable to mark usage metrics as sent (%s)", err)
+					log.Errorf("unable to mark usage metrics as sent: %s", err)
 				}
 			}
 		}