diff --git a/capycli/bom/check_bom.py b/capycli/bom/check_bom.py
index 3195b5ca..ba78f48b 100644
--- a/capycli/bom/check_bom.py
+++ b/capycli/bom/check_bom.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _find_by_id(self, component: Component) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
                     print(
                         "  " + component.name + ", " + version +
                         ", " + sw360id)
-                    if swex.response:
+                    if swex.response is not None:
                         print("  Status Code: " + str(swex.response.status_code))
                     if swex.message:
                         print("    Message: " + swex.message)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def _find_by_name(self, component: Component) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
                     print(Fore.LIGHTRED_EX + "  Error retrieving release data: ")
                     print(
                         "  " + component.name + ", " + version)
-                    if swex.response:
+                    if swex.response is not None:
                         print("  Status Code: " + str(swex.response.status_code))
                     if swex.message:
                         print("    Message: " + swex.message)
diff --git a/capycli/project/create_project.py b/capycli/project/create_project.py
index cff1b7f2..7920790f 100644
--- a/capycli/project/create_project.py
+++ b/capycli/project/create_project.py
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ def update_project(self, project_id: str, project: Optional[Dict[str, Any]],
             if swex.response.status_code == requests.codes["forbidden"]:
                 print_red("  You are not authorized - do you have a valid write token?")
                 sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_AUTH_ERROR)
-            if swex.response:
-                print_red("  " + str(swex.response.status_code) + ": " + swex.response.text)
-                sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_ERROR_ACCESSING_SW360)
             if swex.details:
                 print_red("  " + swex.details.get("error", "") + ": " + swex.details.get("message", ""))
                 sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_ERROR_ACCESSING_SW360)
+            if swex.response.text:
+                print_red("  " + str(swex.response.status_code) + ": " + swex.response.text)
+                sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_ERROR_ACCESSING_SW360)
 
             print_red("  Unknown error updating project: " + repr(swex))
             sys.exit(ResultCode.RESULT_ERROR_ACCESSING_SW360)