diff --git a/evita_external_api/evita_external_api_rest/src/main/java/io/evitadb/externalApi/rest/io/JsonRestHandler.java b/evita_external_api/evita_external_api_rest/src/main/java/io/evitadb/externalApi/rest/io/JsonRestHandler.java
index 0d786cf03..ccffb7b13 100644
--- a/evita_external_api/evita_external_api_rest/src/main/java/io/evitadb/externalApi/rest/io/JsonRestHandler.java
+++ b/evita_external_api/evita_external_api_rest/src/main/java/io/evitadb/externalApi/rest/io/JsonRestHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ protected <T> CompletableFuture<T> parseRequestBody(@Nonnull RestEndpointExecuti
 				try {
 					return restHandlingContext.getObjectMapper().readValue(content, dataClass);
 				} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-					throw new RestInternalError("Could not parse request body: ", e);
+					throw new RestInvalidArgumentException("Invalid request body: " + e.getLocation().toString(), e);
 				}
 			});
 	}