diff --git a/software-client/software_client/client.py b/software-client/software_client/client.py
index eae18191..312e2100 100644
--- a/software-client/software_client/client.py
+++ b/software-client/software_client/client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 from oslo_utils import importutils
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from software_client import exc
 from software_client.constants import LOCAL_ROOT
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ def get_client(api_version, auth_mode, session=None, service_type=SERVICE_TYPE,
     if endpoint:
         api_version_str = 'v' + api_version
         if api_version_str not in endpoint.split('/'):
-            endpoint = endpoint + '/' + api_version_str
+            endpoint = urljoin(endpoint, api_version_str)
 
     if session:
         # this will be a LegacyJsonAdapter
diff --git a/software-client/software_client/common/utils.py b/software-client/software_client/common/utils.py
index 861ae324..f5ad2391 100644
--- a/software-client/software_client/common/utils.py
+++ b/software-client/software_client/common/utils.py
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ def _display_info(text):
     '''display the basic info json object '''
     try:
         data = json.loads(text)
+        if "error_message" in data:
+            data = json.loads(data["error_message"])
+            if "faultstring" in data:
+                data = json.loads(data["faultstring"])
     except Exception:
         print(f"Invalid response format: {text}")
         return