diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/DaemonCLI.py b/lbrynet/daemon/DaemonCLI.py
index af954dbb0..d8dd5404e 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/DaemonCLI.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/DaemonCLI.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def main():
     # TODO: check if port is bound. Error if its not
 
     try:
-        result = api.call(method, **kwargs)
+        result = api.call(method, kwargs)
         if isinstance(result, basestring):
             # printing the undumped string is prettier
             print result
diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/auth/client.py b/lbrynet/daemon/auth/client.py
index a0823936c..3008bec8d 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/auth/client.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/auth/client.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class AuthAPIClient(object):
 
         response = http_response.json()
 
-        if response['error'] is not None:
+        if response.get('error') is not None:
             raise JSONRPCException(response['error'])
         elif 'result' not in response:
             raise JSONRPCException({