diff --git a/lib/simple_swap.rb b/lib/simple_swap.rb
index e26de11c064a8bddd7258f2b4aa2f926af074e8d..6663afb3496472eb7c61c41e361cf149d6123dcc 100644
--- a/lib/simple_swap.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_swap.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class SimpleSwap
 	def parse(req)
 		return req.response["address_from"] if req.response["address_from"]
 
-		raise req.response["message"]
+		raise req.response["message"] || "Error creating address"
 	end
 
 	def req(m, path, query: {}, body: nil)