diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration.rs
index ec002c424..b25d47313 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod bindings;
 mod custom_types;
 mod dotenv;
+mod fund;
 mod hello_world;
 mod tx;
 mod util;
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/fund.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/fund.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9a99e783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/fund.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use soroban_test::TestEnv;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
+async fn fund() {
+    let sandbox = &TestEnv::new();
+    sandbox
+        .new_assert_cmd("keys")
+        .arg("generate")
+        .arg("test")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+    sandbox
+        .new_assert_cmd("keys")
+        .arg("fund")
+        .arg("test")
+        .assert()
+        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("funding failed"));
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
index 1c766095f..25e00f093 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-test/tests/it/integration/hello_world.rs
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ async fn invoke() {
     let sandbox = &TestEnv::new();
     let c = soroban_rpc::Client::new(&sandbox.rpc_url).unwrap();
     let GetLatestLedgerResponse { sequence, .. } = c.get_latest_ledger().await.unwrap();
-    sandbox
-        .new_assert_cmd("keys")
-        .arg("fund")
-        .arg("test")
-        .assert()
-        .stderr(predicates::str::contains("Account already exists"));
     sandbox
         .new_assert_cmd("keys")
         .arg("fund")
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/config/network.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/config/network.rs
index 958150cd7..d332fa904 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/config/network.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/config/network.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     FailedToParseJSON(String, serde_json::Error),
     #[error("Invalid URL {0}")]
     InvalidUrl(String),
-    #[error("Inproper response {0}")]
-    InproperResponse(String),
+    #[error("funding failed: {0}")]
+    FundingFailed(String),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args, Clone, Default)]
@@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ impl Network {
                 return Err(Error::InvalidUrl(uri.to_string()));
             }
         };
+        let request_successful = response.status().is_success();
         let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(response.into_body()).await?;
         let res = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(&body)
             .map_err(|e| Error::FailedToParseJSON(uri.to_string(), e))?;
         tracing::debug!("{res:#?}");
-        if let Some(detail) = res.get("detail").and_then(Value::as_str) {
-            if detail.contains("createAccountAlreadyExist") {
-                eprintln!("Account already exists");
+        if !request_successful {
+            if let Some(detail) = res.get("detail").and_then(Value::as_str) {
+                return Err(Error::FundingFailed(detail.to_string()));
             }
-        } else if res.get("successful").is_none() {
-            return Err(Error::InproperResponse(res.to_string()));
+            return Err(Error::FundingFailed("unknown cause".to_string()));
         }
         Ok(())
     }