diff --git a/tests/client.py b/tests/client.py
index 10e17f9..4b1c7d5 100644
--- a/tests/client.py
+++ b/tests/client.py
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ def test_error_response(self, r_post):
         reply = {"ok": False, "error": "There was an error"}
         r_post.return_value.json.return_value = reply
 
-        with self.assertRaises(pyslack.SlackError) as context:
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(pyslack.SlackError, reply["error"]):
             client.chat_post_message('#channel', 'message')
 
-        self.assertEqual(context.exception.message, reply["error"])
-
     @patch('requests.post')
     def test_rate_limit(self, r_post):
         """HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response is handled gracefully"""
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ def test_rate_limit(self, r_post):
             client.chat_post_message('#channel', 'message')
 
         self.assertEqual(r_post.call_count, 1)
-        self.assertGreater(client.blocked_until, 
+        self.assertGreater(client.blocked_until,
                 datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=8))
 
         # A second send attempt should also throw, but without creating a request