diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 3afcfc2..b4675ed 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ An authentication token is required in order to request instances on demand when
 
 Responses:
 * 201 - Provisioning request accepted
+* 400 - Payload contains invalid JSON and cannot be parsed
 * 403 - Request exceeds the configured per pool maximum
 * 404 - A pool was requested, which is not available in the running configuration, or an unknown error occurred.
 * 409 - A request of the matching ID has already been created
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
index fe3e2f1..966e6a7 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
@@ -956,7 +956,6 @@ module Vmpooler
         result['domain'] = config['domain'] if config['domain']
         status 200
       elsif request_hash['status'] == 'failed'
-        result['ready'] = false
         result['message'] = "The request failed to provision instances within the configured ondemand_request_ttl '#{config['ondemand_request_ttl']}'"
         status 200
       elsif request_hash['status'] == 'deleted'