diff --git a/src/common/api/base.go b/src/common/api/base.go
index f6fe36140..95356cd8a 100644
--- a/src/common/api/base.go
+++ b/src/common/api/base.go
@@ -193,12 +193,11 @@ func (b *BaseAPI) ParseAndHandleError(text string, err error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	log.Errorf("%s: %v", text, err)
 	if e, ok := err.(*commonhttp.Error); ok {
-		b.RenderError(e.Code, e.Message)
+		b.RenderError(e.Code, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", text, e.Message))
 		return
 	}
-	b.SendInternalServerError(errors.New(""))
+	b.SendInternalServerError(fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", text, err))
 }
 
 // SendUnAuthorizedError sends unauthorized error to the client.
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ func (b *BaseAPI) SendBadRequestError(err error) {
 // When you send an internal server error  to the client, you expect user to check the log
 // to find out the root cause.
 func (b *BaseAPI) SendInternalServerError(err error) {
-	b.RenderError(http.StatusInternalServerError, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError))
+	b.RenderError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 }
 
 // SendForbiddenError sends forbidden error to the client.
diff --git a/src/core/api/registry.go b/src/core/api/registry.go
index d20f18310..ad4b34986 100644
--- a/src/core/api/registry.go
+++ b/src/core/api/registry.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func (t *RegistryAPI) GetInfo() {
 	}
 	info, err := adp.Info()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.SendInternalServerError(fmt.Errorf("failed to get registry info %d: %v", id, err))
+		t.ParseAndHandleError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get registry info %d", id), err)
 		return
 	}
 	// currently, only the local Harbor registry supports the event based trigger, append it here