diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Http/Connection/DaemonConnectionException.php b/app/Exceptions/Http/Connection/DaemonConnectionException.php
index 2eb7e93ca..e6765b8a6 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Http/Connection/DaemonConnectionException.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Http/Connection/DaemonConnectionException.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Http\Connection;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;
 use Pterodactyl\Exceptions\DisplayException;
@@ -28,12 +29,28 @@ class DaemonConnectionException extends DisplayException
         $response = method_exists($previous, 'getResponse') ? $previous->getResponse() : null;
 
         if ($useStatusCode) {
-            $this->statusCode = is_null($response) ? 500 : $response->getStatusCode();
+            $this->statusCode = is_null($response) ? $this->statusCode : $response->getStatusCode();
         }
 
-        parent::__construct(trans('admin/server.exceptions.daemon_exception', [
+        $message = trans('admin/server.exceptions.daemon_exception', [
             'code' => is_null($response) ? 'E_CONN_REFUSED' : $response->getStatusCode(),
-        ]), $previous, DisplayException::LEVEL_WARNING);
+        ]);
+
+        // Attempt to pull the actual error message off the response and return that if it is not
+        // a 500 level error.
+        if ($this->statusCode < 500 && ! is_null($response)) {
+            $body = $response->getBody();
+            if (is_string($body) || (is_object($body) && method_exists($body, '__toString'))) {
+                $body = json_decode(is_string($body) ? $body : $body->__toString(), true);
+                $message = "[Wings Error]: " . Arr::get($body, 'error', $message);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $level = $this->statusCode >= 500 && $this->statusCode !== 504
+            ? DisplayException::LEVEL_ERROR
+            : DisplayException::LEVEL_WARNING;
+
+        parent::__construct($message, $previous, $level);
     }
 
     /**