diff --git a/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/Task.java b/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/Task.java
index dd27092c..c5d18c1c 100644
--- a/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/Task.java
+++ b/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/Task.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ public class Task {
     @SerializedName("result")
     private Object result;
 
+    @SerializedName("error")
+    private TaskError error;
+
     /**
      * @return the id
      */
@@ -95,6 +98,13 @@ public Object getResult() {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the error
+     */
+    public TaskError getError() {
+        return error;
+    }
+
     public void setId(int id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
@@ -130,4 +140,8 @@ public void setProtocol(String protocol) {
     public void setResult(Object result) {
         this.result = result;
     }
+
+    public void setError(TaskError error) {
+        this.error = error;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/TaskError.java b/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/TaskError.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9884e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/constructorio-client/src/main/java/io/constructor/client/models/TaskError.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.constructor.client.models;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+/** Constructor.io Task Error... uses Gson/Reflection to load data in */
+public class TaskError {
+
+    @SerializedName("message")
+    private String message;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the error message
+     */
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    public void setMessage(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/constructorio-client/src/test/java/io/constructor/client/TaskResponseTest.java b/constructorio-client/src/test/java/io/constructor/client/TaskResponseTest.java
index c1b30830..2f85b733 100644
--- a/constructorio-client/src/test/java/io/constructor/client/TaskResponseTest.java
+++ b/constructorio-client/src/test/java/io/constructor/client/TaskResponseTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ public void createTaskResponseWithQueuedTaskShouldReturnAResult() throws Excepti
         assertNull(response.getResult());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void createTaskResponseWithErrorTaskShouldReturnAResult() throws Exception {
+        String string = Utils.getTestResource("response.task.error.json");
+        Task response = ConstructorIO.createTaskResponse(string);
+
+        assertEquals("id exists", 100721281, response.getId());
+        assertEquals("status exists", "FAILED", response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Error message exists",
+                "IngestionError: The items file you have uploaded is empty. Please fix it and try"
+                        + " again.",
+                response.getError().getMessage());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void createTaskResponseWithDoneTaskShouldReturnAResult() throws Exception {
         String string = Utils.getTestResource("response.task.done.json");
diff --git a/constructorio-client/src/test/resources/response.task.error.json b/constructorio-client/src/test/resources/response.task.error.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7114d3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/constructorio-client/src/test/resources/response.task.error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "id": 100721281,
+  "status": "FAILED",
+  "submission_time": "2024-08-21T18:11:49",
+  "last_update": "2024-08-21T18:11:53",
+  "start_time": "2024-08-21T18:11:51",
+  "type": "ingestion",
+  "error": {
+    "message": "IngestionError: The items file you have uploaded is empty. Please fix it and try again."
+  },
+  "filename": "filename",
+  "protocol": "http",
+  "ingestion_type": "patchdelta"
+}
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