diff --git a/bigbluebutton/api/bigbluebutton.py b/bigbluebutton/api/bigbluebutton.py
index 0ea46ab15b4a6bd96cb35794873175a7c60fa103..8cc73e00fcd333b2c734ef6e007ab0c0568fa311 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton/api/bigbluebutton.py
+++ b/bigbluebutton/api/bigbluebutton.py
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ class BigBlueButton:
         except Exception as ex:
             raise BigBlueButtonError("Failed to parse XML response from backend.") from ex
 
-        if xml.get("returncode", "FAILED").upper() == "FAILED":
-            message_key = xml.get("messageKey", "")
-            message = xml.get("message", "Unknown error")
+        if xml["response"].get("returncode", "FAILED").upper() == "FAILED":
+            message_key = xml["response"].get("messageKey", "")
+            message = xml["response"].get("message", "Unknown error")
 
             ex = BigBlueButtonError(f"Backend returned FAILED response: {message}")
             ex.message_key = message_key
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c79c37c593556da1182c7cf937b6f1855ca32dc..ca999f2ea041862b002b0cc9127818994c9939d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bigbluebutton2"
-version = "0.1a5"
+version = "0.1a6"
 description = "Sophisticated Python client library for BigBlueButtonâ„¢ with Django integration"
 authors = ["Dominik George <dominik.george@teckids.org>", "Tom Teichler <tom.teichler@teckids.org"]
 license = "MIT"