diff --git a/testsuite/httpx/__init__.py b/testsuite/httpx/__init__.py
index 58adc191..1e18dfe4 100644
--- a/testsuite/httpx/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/httpx/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 import backoff
-from httpx import Client, ConnectError
+from httpx import Client, ConnectError, RemoteProtocolError
 
 from testsuite.certificates import Certificate
 
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ def __getattr__(self, item):
             return getattr(self.response, item)
         return None
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.error is None:
+            return f"Result[status_code={self.response.status_code}]"
+        return f"Result[error={self.error}]"
+
 
 class KuadrantClient(Client):
     """Httpx client which retries unstable requests"""
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@ def request(
                 extensions=extensions,
             )
             return Result(self.retry_codes, response=response)
-        except ConnectError as e:
+        except (ConnectError, RemoteProtocolError) as e:
             return Result(self.retry_codes, error=e)
 
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Result: