@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ func postImagesCreate(srv *Server, version float64, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht

 			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

 		}

 		if err := srv.ImagePull(image, tag, registry, w, version > 1.0); err != nil {

-			return err

+			fmt.Fprintf(w, utils.FormatError(err.Error(), version > 1.0))

+			return nil

 		}

 	} else { //import

 		if err := srv.ImageImport(src, repo, tag, r.Body, w); err != nil {

@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) stream(method, path string, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) e

 		type Message struct {

 			Status   string `json:"status,omitempty"`

 			Progress string `json:"progress,omitempty"`

+			Error    string `json:"error,omitempty"`

 		}

 		dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)

 		for {

@@ -1272,6 +1273,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) stream(method, path string, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) e

 			}

 			if m.Progress != "" {

 				fmt.Fprintf(out, "Downloading %s\r", m.Progress)

+			} else if m.Error != "" {

+				return fmt.Errorf(m.Error)

 			} else {

 				fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s\n", m.Status)

 			}

@@ -564,6 +564,13 @@ func FormatStatus(str string, json bool) string {

 	return str + "\r\n"

 }

+func FormatError(str string, json bool) string {

+	if json {

+		return "{\"error\" : \"" + str + "\"}"

+	}

+	return "Error: " + str + "\r\n"

+}

+

 func FormatProgress(str string, json bool) string {

 	if json {

 		return "{\"progress\" : \"" + str + "\"}"