diff --git a/src/lib/boavizta/README.md b/src/lib/boavizta/README.md
index 238d8a7..9e1e76f 100644
--- a/src/lib/boavizta/README.md
+++ b/src/lib/boavizta/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Boavizta exposes a [REST API](https://doc.api.boavizta.org/). If the `boavizta`
 
 ### Plugin global config
 
-- `allocation`: manufacturing impacts can be reported with two allocation strategies: `TOTAL` is the total impact without adjusting for usage. `LINEAR` distrbutes the impact linearly over the lifespan of a device. See [Boavizta docs](https://doc.api.boavizta.org/Explanations/manufacture_methodology/#hover-a-specific-duration-allocation-linear) for more info.
 - `verbose`: determines how much information the API response contains (optional)
 
 ### Inputs
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ Boavizta exposes a [REST API](https://doc.api.boavizta.org/). If the `boavizta`
 - `cpu/expected-lifespan`: the lifespan of the component, in seconds
 - `country`: the country used to lookup grid carbon intensity, e.g. "USA" (optional - falls back to Boavizta default)
 - `cpu/utilization`: percentage CPU utilization for a given observation
+- `instance-type`: the name of the specific instance
 
 ## Returns
 
diff --git a/src/lib/boavizta/boavizta-api.ts b/src/lib/boavizta/boavizta-api.ts
index ce1d2c8..ed6c87a 100644
--- a/src/lib/boavizta/boavizta-api.ts
+++ b/src/lib/boavizta/boavizta-api.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 
 import {KeyValuePair} from '../../types/common';
 
+import {ERRORS} from '../../util/errors';
+import {buildErrorMessage} from '../../util/helpers';
+
 import {ICountryCodes} from './types';
 
+const {APIRequestError} = ERRORS;
+
 export const BoaviztaAPI = () => {
   const BASE_URL = 'https://api.boavizta.org/v1';
 
+  const errorBuilder = buildErrorMessage(BoaviztaAPI.name);
+
   /**
    * Fetches CPU output data from Boavizta API for a specific component type.
    */
@@ -27,16 +34,34 @@ export const BoaviztaAPI = () => {
    * Fetches cloud instance data from Boavizta API.
    */
   const fetchCloudInstanceData = async (
-    dataCast: KeyValuePair,
+    data: KeyValuePair,
     verbose: boolean
   ): Promise<object> => {
-    const updatedDataCast = replaceHyphensWithUnderscores(dataCast);
+    const updatedDataCast = replaceHyphensWithUnderscores(data);
 
-    const response = await axios.post(
-      `${BASE_URL}/cloud/instance?verbose=${verbose}&duration=${updatedDataCast['usage']['hours_use_time']}`,
-      dataCast
-    );
-    return response.data;
+    const response = await axios
+      .post(
+        `${BASE_URL}/cloud/instance?verbose=${verbose}&duration=${updatedDataCast['usage']['hours_use_time']}`,
+        {
+          provider: data.provider,
+          instance_type: data['instance-type'],
+          usage: data.usage,
+        }
+      )
+      .catch(error => {
+        throw new APIRequestError(
+          errorBuilder({
+            message: `Error fetching data from Boavizta API. ${JSON.stringify(
+              (error.response &&
+                error.response.data &&
+                error.response.data.detail) ||
+                error
+            )}`,
+          })
+        );
+      });
+
+    return response?.data;
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/lib/boavizta/index.ts b/src/lib/boavizta/index.ts
index 44f5404..c835e57 100644
--- a/src/lib/boavizta/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/boavizta/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const BoaviztaCpuOutput = (
       if (!(metricType in input)) {
         throw new InputValidationError(
           errorBuilder({
-            message: 'Invalid input parameter',
+            message: `${metricType} is not provided in input`,
           })
         );
       }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const BoaviztaCpuOutput = (
     usage: BoaviztaUsageType | undefined
   ): Promise<BoaviztaCpuOutputType> => {
     const data = Object.assign({}, input, {usage});
-    const verbose = globalConfig.verbose || false;
+    const verbose = (globalConfig && globalConfig.verbose) || false;
     const response = await boaviztaAPI.fetchCpuOutputData(
       data,
       componentType,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export const BoaviztaCloudOutput = (
       if (!(metricType in input)) {
         throw new InputValidationError(
           errorBuilder({
-            message: 'Invalid input parameter',
+            message: `${metricType} is not provided in input`,
           })
         );
       }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const BoaviztaCloudOutput = (
     usage: BoaviztaUsageType
   ): Promise<BoaviztaCloudInstanceType> => {
     const data = Object.assign({}, input, {usage});
-    const verbose = globalConfig.verbose || false;
+    const verbose = (globalConfig && globalConfig.verbose) || false;
     const response = await boaviztaAPI.fetchCloudInstanceData(data, verbose);
 
     return baseOutput.formatResponse(response);