diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index db00892cb..67ceff272 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@ contentRangeH lower upper total =
       totalNotZero  = fromMaybe True ((/=) 0 <$> total)
       fromInRange   = lower <= upper
 
-formatRelationError :: Text -> Text
-formatRelationError = formatGeneralError
-  "could not find foreign keys between these entities"
-
 formatParserError :: ParseError -> Text
 formatParserError e = formatGeneralError message details
   where
@@ -327,14 +323,15 @@ formatParserError e = formatGeneralError message details
        $ showErrorMessages "or" "unknown parse error" "expecting" "unexpected" "end of input" (errorMessages e)
 
 formatGeneralError :: Text -> Text -> Text
-formatGeneralError message details = toS $ encode $ object [
-  "message" .= message,
-  "details" .= details]
+formatGeneralError message details = message <> ", " <> details
 
 augumentRequestWithJoin :: Schema ->  [Relation] ->  ReadRequest -> Either Text ReadRequest
 augumentRequestWithJoin schema allRels request =
   (first formatRelationError . addRelations schema allRels Nothing) request
   >>= addJoinConditions schema
+  where
+    formatRelationError = formatGeneralError
+      "could not find foreign keys between these entities"
 
 addFiltersOrdersRanges :: ApiRequest -> Either ParseError (ReadRequest -> ReadRequest)
 addFiltersOrdersRanges apiRequest = foldr1 (liftA2 (.)) [
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
index 75ae6d98d..f48b031ce 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module PostgREST.Error (apiRequestErrResponse, pgErrResponse, errResponse, prett
 import           Protolude
 import           Data.Aeson                ((.=))
 import qualified Data.Aeson                as JSON
-import qualified Data.Text                 as T
 import qualified Hasql.Pool                as P
 import qualified Hasql.Session             as H
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types.Status as HT
@@ -22,9 +21,10 @@ apiRequestErrResponse err =
     ErrorInvalidRange -> errResponse HT.status416 "HTTP Range error"
 
 errResponse :: HT.Status -> Text -> Response
-errResponse status message = responseLBS status
-  [toHeader CTApplicationJSON]
-  (toS $ T.concat ["{\"message\":\"",message,"\"}"])
+errResponse status message = jsonErrResponse status $ JSON.object ["message" .= message]
+
+jsonErrResponse :: HT.Status -> JSON.Value -> Response
+jsonErrResponse status message = responseLBS status [toHeader CTApplicationJSON] $ JSON.encode message
 
 pgErrResponse :: Bool -> P.UsageError -> Response
 pgErrResponse authed e =
diff --git a/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs b/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
index 09a0f144f..9bb9c3dc5 100644
--- a/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ spec = do
       get "/items?order=anti_id.desc" `shouldRespondWith`
         [json| [{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":6},{"id":7},{"id":8},{"id":9},{"id":10},{"id":11},{"id":12},{"id":13},{"id":14},{"id":15}] |]
 
+    it "matches filtering nested items 2" $
+      get "/clients?select=id,projects{id,tasks2{id,name}}&projects.tasks.name=like.Design*"
+        `shouldRespondWith` ResponseMatcher {
+          matchBody    = Just [json| {"message":"could not find foreign keys between these entities, no relation between projects and tasks2"}|]
+        , matchStatus  = 400
+        , matchHeaders = []
+        }
+
     it "matches filtering nested items" $
       get "/clients?select=id,projects{id,tasks{id,name}}&projects.tasks.name=like.Design*" `shouldRespondWith`
         [str|[{"id":1,"projects":[{"id":1,"tasks":[{"id":1,"name":"Design w7"}]},{"id":2,"tasks":[{"id":3,"name":"Design w10"}]}]},{"id":2,"projects":[{"id":3,"tasks":[{"id":5,"name":"Design IOS"}]},{"id":4,"tasks":[{"id":7,"name":"Design OSX"}]}]}]|]