diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 61fe9c047..b0c7a8310 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 	// Err is used to write errors.
 	Err io.Writer
 	// jsonContentTypeRe is used to match Content-Type which contains JSON.
-	jsonContentTypeRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^application/([[:alpha:]]+\+)?json$`)
+	jsonContentTypeRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^application/([[:alpha:]]+\+)?json($|;)`)
 )
 
 const msgWelcomePleaseConfigure = `
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ func decodedAPIError(resp *http.Response) error {
 				strings.Join(apiError.Error.PossibleTrackIDs, ", "),
 			)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf(apiError.Error.Message)
+		return errors.New(apiError.Error.Message)
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("unexpected API response: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_test.go b/cmd/cmd_test.go
index a4d8b9fe2..d712e742b 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ func TestDecodeErrorResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			response:    errorResponse418("application/json", `{"error": {"type": "json", "valid": no}}`),
 			wantMessage: "failed to parse API error response: invalid character 'o' in literal null (expecting 'u')",
 		},
+		{
+			response:    errorResponse418("application/json; charset=utf-8", `{"error": {"type": "track_ambiguous", "message": "message", "possible_track_ids": ["a", "b"]}}`),
+			wantMessage: "message: a, b",
+		},
 		{
 			response:    errorResponse418("application/json", `{"error": {"type": "track_ambiguous", "message": "message", "possible_track_ids": ["a", "b"]}}`),
 			wantMessage: "message: a, b",