diff --git a/src/dns/cloudflare.js b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
index 6167aee5b..ac5740420 100644
--- a/src/dns/cloudflare.js
+++ b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
@@ -39,9 +39,14 @@ function translateRequestError(result, callback) {
 
     if (result.statusCode === 404) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.NOT_FOUND, util.format('%s %j', result.statusCode, 'API does not exist')));
     if (result.statusCode === 422) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, result.body.message));
-    if ((result.statusCode === 400 || result.statusCode === 401 || result.statusCode === 403) && result.body.errors.length > 0) {
-        let error = result.body.errors[0];
-        let message = `message: ${error.message} statusCode: ${result.statusCode} code:${error.code}`;
+    if (result.statusCode === 400 || result.statusCode === 401 || result.statusCode === 403) {
+        let message = 'Unknown error';
+        if (typeof result.body.error === 'string') {
+            message = `message: ${result.body.error} statusCode: ${result.statusCode}`;
+        } else if (Array.isArray(result.body.errors) && result.body.errors.length > 0) {
+            let error = result.body.errors[0];
+            message = `message: ${error.message} statusCode: ${result.statusCode} code:${error.code}`;
+        }
         return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.ACCESS_DENIED, message));
     }