diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ExceptionResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ExceptionResponse.java
index 26b6570cca3..277861e4883 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ExceptionResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ExceptionResponse.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class ExceptionResponse extends BaseResponse {
     private Integer csErrorCode;    
     
     @SerializedName("errortext") @Param(description="the text associated with this error")
-    private String errorText;
+    private String errorText = "Command failed due to Internal Server Error";
 
     public Integer getErrorCode() {
         return errorCode;