diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/BuildResponseHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/BuildResponseHandler.java
index 0c734d348..16024a661 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/BuildResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/BuildResponseHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.chunked;
 
+import org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.DockerAccessException;
 import org.jolokia.docker.maven.util.Logger;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
@@ -12,13 +13,19 @@ public BuildResponseHandler(Logger log) {
     }
     
     @Override
-    public void process(JSONObject json) {
+    public void process(JSONObject json) throws DockerAccessException {
         if (json.has("error")) {
-            log.error("Error building image: " + json.get("error"));
+            String msg = json.getString("error");
+            log.error("Error building image: " + msg);
+
+            String detailMsg = "";
             if (json.has("errorDetail")) {
                 JSONObject details = json.getJSONObject("errorDetail");
-                log.error(details.getString("message"));
+                detailMsg = details.getString("message");
+                log.error(detailMsg);
             }
+            throw new DockerAccessException("%s %s", json.get("error"),
+                    (msg.equals(detailMsg) || "".equals(detailMsg) ? "" : "(" + detailMsg + ")"));
         } else if (json.has("stream")) {
             String message = json.getString("stream");
             log.verbose(message.trim());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseHandler.java
index 67e13dc93..f2935381a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.chunked;
 
+import org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.DockerAccessException;
+
 public interface ChunkedResponseHandler<T> {
-    void process(T toProcess);
+    void process(T toProcess) throws DockerAccessException;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseReader.java b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseReader.java
index db1b5c3be..5f8fd5b21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/ChunkedResponseReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.chunked;
 
+import org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.DockerAccessException;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ public ChunkedResponseReader(InputStream stream, ChunkedResponseHandler<String>
         this.handler = handler;
     }        
     
-    public void process() throws IOException {
+    public void process() throws IOException, DockerAccessException {
         int len;
         int size = 8129;
         byte[] buf = new byte[size];
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/PullOrPushResponseHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/PullOrPushResponseHandler.java
index 4db9e442c..a2c777161 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/PullOrPushResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/PullOrPushResponseHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.chunked;
 
+import org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.DockerAccessException;
 import org.jolokia.docker.maven.util.Logger;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ public PullOrPushResponseHandler(Logger log) {
     }
     
     @Override
-    public void process(JSONObject json) {
+    public void process(JSONObject json) throws DockerAccessException {
         if (json.has("progressDetail")) {
             JSONObject details = json.getJSONObject("progressDetail");
             if (details.has("total")) {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public void process(JSONObject json) {
             String msg = json.getString("error").trim();
             String details = json.getJSONObject("errorDetail").getString("message").trim();
             log.error(msg + (msg.equals(details) ? "" : "(" + details + ")"));
+            throw new DockerAccessException("%s %s", msg, (msg.equals(details) ? "" : "(" + details + ")"));
         } else {
             log.info("... " + (json.has("id") ? json.getString("id") + ": " : "") + json.getString("status"));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/TextToJsonBridgeCallback.java b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/TextToJsonBridgeCallback.java
index 0dd70d9b0..30aad0ad3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/TextToJsonBridgeCallback.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jolokia/docker/maven/access/chunked/TextToJsonBridgeCallback.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.chunked;
 
+import org.jolokia.docker.maven.access.DockerAccessException;
 import org.jolokia.docker.maven.util.Logger;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public TextToJsonBridgeCallback(Logger log, ChunkedResponseHandler<JSONObject> h
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void process(String text) {
+    public void process(String text) throws DockerAccessException {
         try {
             JSONObject json = new JSONObject(text);
             handler.process(json);