Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/ExceptionDialogUtil.java =================================================================== --- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/ExceptionDialogUtil.java (revision 18801) +++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/ExceptionDialogUtil.java (revision 18802) @@ -331,8 +331,9 @@ */ public static void explainGenericHttpException(OsmApiException e) { - String body = e.getErrorBody(); - Object msg = null; + final String body = e.getErrorBody(); + final String msg; if (e.isHtml() && body != null && body.startsWith("<") && body.contains("")) { // use html string as is + msg = body; } else { msg = ExceptionUtil.explainGeneric(e);