diff --git a/aws/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java b/aws/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
index 0ebedaefb8..e005f16c3c 100755
--- a/aws/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/handlers/ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ParseAWSErrorFromXmlContent implements HttpErrorHandler {
                error = utils.parseAWSErrorFromContent(request, response);
                if (error != null) {
                   message = error.getMessage();
-                  exception = new AWSResponseException(command, response, error);
+
                }
             } else {
                try {
diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateTagLiveTest.java b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateTagLiveTest.java
index b706ccb0f3..4aa74cc027 100644
--- a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateTagLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateTagLiveTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
 import org.jclouds.compute.RunNodesException;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.predicates.NodePredicates;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
@@ -90,9 +91,10 @@ public class TestCanRecreateTagLiveTest {
       context.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.withTag(tag));
 
       try {
-         context.getComputeService().runNodesWithTag(tag, 1);
+         Template template = context.getComputeService().templateBuilder().locationId("us-west-1").build();
+         context.getComputeService().runNodesWithTag(tag, 1, template);
          context.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.withTag(tag));
-         context.getComputeService().runNodesWithTag(tag, 1);
+         context.getComputeService().runNodesWithTag(tag, 1, template);
       } catch (RunNodesException e) {
          System.err.println(e.getNodeErrors().keySet());
          Throwables.propagate(e);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
index 8c0a6d9c50..d638266cb8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Utils.java
@@ -544,11 +544,14 @@ public class Utils {
             return (Exception) throwable;
          }
       }
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(exception, IllegalStateException.class);
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(exception, IllegalArgumentException.class);
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(exception, AuthorizationException.class);
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(exception, ResourceNotFoundException.class);
-      Throwables.propagateIfInstanceOf(exception, HttpResponseException.class);
+      for (Class<Exception> propagatableExceptionType : new Class[] { IllegalStateException.class,
+            UnsupportedOperationException.class, IllegalArgumentException.class, AuthorizationException.class,
+            ResourceNotFoundException.class, HttpResponseException.class }) {
+         Throwable throwable = getFirstThrowableOfType(exception, propagatableExceptionType);
+         if (throwable != null) {
+            throw (Exception) throwable;
+         }
+      }
       Throwables.throwCause(exception, true);
       return exception;
    }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/UtilsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/UtilsTest.java
index 550cf545fd..8cb21bba54 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/UtilsTest.java
@@ -164,41 +164,73 @@ public class UtilsTest {
    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionIllegalStateException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new IllegalStateException();
-      assertEquals(
-            Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e)),
-            e);
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
    }
 
    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionIllegalArgumentException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new IllegalArgumentException();
-      assertEquals(
-            Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e)),
-            e);
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionUnsupportedOperationException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new UnsupportedOperationException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
    }
 
    @Test(expectedExceptions = AuthorizationException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionAuthorizationException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new AuthorizationException();
-      assertEquals(
-            Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e)),
-            e);
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
    }
 
    @Test(expectedExceptions = ResourceNotFoundException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionResourceNotFoundException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new ResourceNotFoundException();
-      assertEquals(
-            Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e)),
-            e);
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalStateException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionIllegalStateExceptionNestedInHttpResponseException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new IllegalStateException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new HttpResponseException(
+            "goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null, e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionIllegalArgumentExceptionNestedInHttpResponseException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new IllegalArgumentException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new HttpResponseException(
+            "goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null, e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionUnsupportedOperationExceptionNestedInHttpResponseException()
+         throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new UnsupportedOperationException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new HttpResponseException(
+            "goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null, e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = AuthorizationException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionAuthorizationExceptionNestedInHttpResponseException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new AuthorizationException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new HttpResponseException(
+            "goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null, e));
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = ResourceNotFoundException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionResourceNotFoundExceptionNestedInHttpResponseException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new ResourceNotFoundException();
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new HttpResponseException(
+            "goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null, e));
    }
 
    @Test(expectedExceptions = HttpResponseException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionHttpResponseException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new HttpResponseException("goo", createNiceMock(HttpCommand.class), null);
-      assertEquals(
-            Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e)),
-            e);
+      Utils.returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
    }
 
 }