diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 790e5f6..33164c1 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -230,12 +230,24 @@ func realIdentify(err error) EngineError {
 	var authErr *ovirtsdk.AuthError
 	var notFoundErr *ovirtsdk.NotFoundError
 	switch {
+	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "stopped after") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "redirects"):
+		return wrap(
+			err,
+			ENotAnOVirtEngine,
+			"the specified oVirt Engine URL has resulted in a redirect, check if your URL is correct",
+		)
 	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "parse non-array sso with response"):
-		return wrap(err,
-			ENotAnOVirtEngine, "invalid credentials, or the URL does not point to an oVirt Engine, check your settings")
+		return wrap(
+			err,
+			ENotAnOVirtEngine,
+			"invalid credentials, or the URL does not point to an oVirt Engine, check your settings",
+		)
 	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client"):
-		return wrap(err,
-			ENotAnOVirtEngine, "the server gave a HTTP response to a HTTPS client, check if your URL is correct")
+		return wrap(
+			err,
+			ENotAnOVirtEngine,
+			"the server gave a HTTP response to a HTTPS client, check if your URL is correct",
+		)
 	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "tls"):
 		fallthrough
 	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "x509"):
diff --git a/new_test.go b/new_test.go
index 40b93e0..d316fd0 100644
--- a/new_test.go
+++ b/new_test.go
@@ -4,12 +4,41 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	ovirtclient "github.com/ovirt/go-ovirt-client"
 	ovirtclientlog "github.com/ovirt/go-ovirt-client-log/v2"
 )
 
+func TestBadOVirtURL(t *testing.T) {
+	helper, err := ovirtclient.NewLiveTestHelperFromEnv(ovirtclientlog.NewTestLogger(t))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("🚧 Skipping test: no live credentials provided.")
+		return
+	}
+	url := helper.GetClient().GetURL()
+	tls := helper.GetTLS()
+	username := helper.GetUsername()
+	password := helper.GetPassword()
+
+	logger := ovirtclientlog.NewTestLogger(t)
+	_, err = ovirtclient.New(
+		strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSuffix(url, "/api"), "/api/"),
+		username,
+		password,
+		tls,
+		logger,
+		nil,
+	)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Creating a connection to an endpoint not ending in /api did not result in an error.")
+	}
+	if !ovirtclient.HasErrorCode(err, ovirtclient.ENotAnOVirtEngine) {
+		t.Fatalf("Creating a connection to an endpoint not ending in /api has not correctly resulted in an ENotAnOVirtEngine (%v)", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInvalidCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	helper, err := ovirtclient.NewLiveTestHelperFromEnv(ovirtclientlog.NewTestLogger(t))
diff --git a/test_helper.go b/test_helper.go
index 66c6f2d..89287d9 100644
--- a/test_helper.go
+++ b/test_helper.go
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ type TestHelper interface {
 
 	// GetTLS returns the TLS provider used for this test helper.
 	GetTLS() TLSProvider
+
+	// GetUsername returns the oVirt username.
+	GetUsername() string
+
+	// GetPassword returns the oVirt password.
+	GetPassword() string
 }
 
 // MustNewTestHelper is identical to NewTestHelper, but panics instead of returning an error.
@@ -114,6 +120,8 @@ func NewTestHelper(
 	}
 
 	return &testHelper{
+		username:                 username,
+		password:                 password,
 		client:                   client,
 		tls:                      tlsProvider,
 		clusterID:                clusterID,
@@ -405,6 +413,16 @@ type testHelper struct {
 	blankTemplateID          TemplateID
 	vnicProfileID            string
 	secondaryStorageDomainID string
+	password                 string
+	username                 string
+}
+
+func (t *testHelper) GetUsername() string {
+	return t.username
+}
+
+func (t *testHelper) GetPassword() string {
+	return t.password
 }
 
 func (t *testHelper) GetSecondaryStorageDomainID(te *testing.T) string {