diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index dae88bd..ad19101 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func (c *RemoteServer) doAction(action string, req []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
 
+	// Return response body as error if status code != 200
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, errors.New(string(body))
+	}
+
 	return body, nil
 
 }
diff --git a/cmd/ro/main.go b/cmd/ro/main.go
index a40439d..98ed5da 100644
--- a/cmd/ro/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ro/main.go
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ func runEncrypt() {
 
 	resp, err := roServer.Encrypt(req)
 	processError(err)
+	if resp.Status != "ok" {
+		log.Fatal("response status error:", resp.Status)
+		return
+	}
 	fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
 	outBytes := []byte(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(resp.Response))
 	ioutil.WriteFile(outPath, outBytes, 0644)
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@ func runReEncrypt() {
 
 	resp, err := roServer.ReEncrypt(req)
 	processError(err)
+	if resp.Status != "ok" {
+		log.Fatal("response status error:", resp.Status)
+		return
+	}
 	fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
 	outBytes := []byte(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(resp.Response))
 	ioutil.WriteFile(outPath, outBytes, 0644)
@@ -185,10 +193,14 @@ func runDecrypt() {
 
 	resp, err := roServer.Decrypt(req)
 	processError(err)
+	if resp.Status != "ok" {
+		log.Fatal("response status error:", resp.Status)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
 	var msg core.DecryptWithDelegates
 	err = json.Unmarshal(resp.Response, &msg)
 	processError(err)
-	fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
 	fmt.Println("Secure:", msg.Secure)
 	fmt.Println("Delegates:", msg.Delegates)
 	ioutil.WriteFile(outPath, msg.Data, 0644)