diff --git a/tests/api/setup_test_api.py b/tests/api/setup_test_api.py
index efc2b779..2ce97eb8 100644
--- a/tests/api/setup_test_api.py
+++ b/tests/api/setup_test_api.py
@@ -52,19 +52,20 @@ print(f"API_USER={API_USER}")
 
 
 class APIError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, message: str = "", payload=None):
+    def __init__(self, message: str = "", payload=None, status_code=None):
         self.message = message
         self.payload = payload or {}
+        self.status_code = status_code
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return f"APIError: {self.message} payload={self.payload}"
+        return f"APIError: {self.message} payload={self.payload} status_code={self.status_code}"
 
 
 def get_auth_headers(user, password) -> dict:
     "Demande de jeton, dict à utiliser dans les en-têtes de requêtes http"
     ans = requests.post(API_URL + "/tokens", auth=(user, password), timeout=5)
     if ans.status_code != 200:
-        raise APIError(f"Echec demande jeton par {user}")
+        raise APIError(f"Echec demande jeton par {user}", status_code=ans.status_code)
     token = ans.json()["token"]
     return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
 
@@ -109,11 +110,12 @@ def GET(path: str, headers: dict = None, errmsg=None, dept=None, raw=False):
         timeout=SCO_TEST_API_TIMEOUT,
     )
     if reply.status_code != 200:
-        print("url", SCODOC_URL)
         print("url", url)
         print("reply", reply.text)
         raise APIError(
-            errmsg or f"""erreur status={reply.status_code} !""", reply.json()
+            errmsg or f"""erreur get {url} !""",
+            reply.json(),
+            status_code=reply.status_code,
         )
     if raw:
         return reply
@@ -129,7 +131,10 @@ def GET(path: str, headers: dict = None, errmsg=None, dept=None, raw=False):
             "Content-Disposition": reply.headers.get("Content-Disposition", None),
         }
         return retval
-    raise APIError("Unknown returned content {r.headers.get('Content-Type', None} !\n")
+    raise APIError(
+        "Unknown returned content {r.headers.get('Content-Type', None} !\n",
+        status_code=reply.status_code,
+    )
 
 
 def POST(
@@ -161,7 +166,9 @@ def POST(
         except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
             payload = r.text
         raise APIError(
-            errmsg or f"erreur url={url} status={r.status_code} !", payload=payload
+            errmsg or f"erreur url={url} status={r.status_code} !",
+            payload=payload,
+            status_code=r.status_code,
         )
     return r if raw else r.json()  # decode la reponse JSON
 
diff --git a/tests/api/test_api_users.py b/tests/api/test_api_users.py
index b04298cf..a1d170fc 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_api_users.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_api_users.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_modif_users_depts(api_admin_headers):
             headers=admin_h,
         )
     except APIError as exc:
-        if exc.args[1]["status"] == 400:
+        if exc.status_code == 400:
             ok = True
     assert ok
     # Un "vrai" mot de passe:
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def test_modif_users_depts(api_admin_headers):
             dept=dept3["acronym"],
         )
     except APIError as exc:
-        if exc.args[1]["status"] == 401:
+        if exc.status_code == 401:
             ok = True
     assert ok
     # Nettoyage: