diff --git a/auth/api/auth/v1/client/client.go b/auth/api/auth/v1/client/client.go
index 5ea160f107..b727a71454 100644
--- a/auth/api/auth/v1/client/client.go
+++ b/auth/api/auth/v1/client/client.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (h HTTPClient) CreateAccessToken(ctx context.Context, endpointURL url.URL,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := core.TestResponseCode(http.StatusOK, response); err != nil {
+	if err = core.TestResponseCode(http.StatusOK, response); err != nil {
 		rse := err.(core.HttpError)
 		// Cut off the response body to 100 characters max to prevent logging of large responses
 		responseBodyString := string(rse.ResponseBody)
diff --git a/auth/api/iam/api.go b/auth/api/iam/api.go
index 4a2b574b82..7216b061f6 100644
--- a/auth/api/iam/api.go
+++ b/auth/api/iam/api.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (r Wrapper) PresentationDefinition(_ context.Context, request PresentationD
 	presentationDefinition := r.auth.PresentationDefinitions().ByScope(scopes[0])
 	if presentationDefinition == nil {
 		return PresentationDefinition400JSONResponse{
-			Error: "invalid_scope",
+			Code: "invalid_scope",
 		}, nil
 	}
 	presentationDefinitions := []PresentationDefinition{*presentationDefinition}
diff --git a/auth/api/iam/api_test.go b/auth/api/iam/api_test.go
index e14c5a68e8..128f31ff03 100644
--- a/auth/api/iam/api_test.go
+++ b/auth/api/iam/api_test.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestWrapper_PresentationDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NotNil(t, response)
-		assert.Equal(t, "invalid_scope", (response.(PresentationDefinition400JSONResponse)).Error)
+		assert.Equal(t, InvalidScope, (response.(PresentationDefinition400JSONResponse)).Code)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/api/iam/client.go b/auth/api/iam/client.go
index b83caccc7c..0075ce45bc 100644
--- a/auth/api/iam/client.go
+++ b/auth/api/iam/client.go
@@ -100,8 +100,12 @@ func (hb HTTPClient) PresentationDefinition(ctx context.Context, definitionEndpo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to call endpoint: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err = core.TestResponseCode(http.StatusOK, response); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if httpErr := core.TestResponseCode(http.StatusOK, response); httpErr != nil {
+		rse := httpErr.(core.HttpError)
+		if TestOAuthErrorCode(rse.ResponseBody, InvalidScope) {
+			return nil, ErrInvalidScope
+		}
+		return nil, httpErr
 	}
 
 	definitions := make([]PresentationDefinition, 0)
diff --git a/auth/api/iam/client_test.go b/auth/api/iam/client_test.go
index 8ee6623f51..f4012c545f 100644
--- a/auth/api/iam/client_test.go
+++ b/auth/api/iam/client_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ func TestHTTPClient_PresentationDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NotNil(t, handler.Request)
 		assert.Equal(t, url.Values{"scope": []string{"first second"}}, handler.Request.URL.Query())
 	})
+	t.Run("error - invalid_scope", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := http2.Handler{StatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest, ResponseData: OAuth2Error{Code: InvalidScope}}
+		tlsServer, client := testServerAndClient(t, &handler)
+
+		response, err := client.PresentationDefinition(ctx, tlsServer.URL, []string{"test"})
 
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid scope")
+		assert.Nil(t, response)
+	})
 	t.Run("error - not found", func(t *testing.T) {
 		handler := http2.Handler{StatusCode: http.StatusNotFound}
 		tlsServer, client := testServerAndClient(t, &handler)
diff --git a/auth/api/iam/error.go b/auth/api/iam/error.go
index a70c005052..491685bae1 100644
--- a/auth/api/iam/error.go
+++ b/auth/api/iam/error.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package iam
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/core"
@@ -125,3 +126,16 @@ func (p oauth2ErrorWriter) Write(echoContext echo.Context, _ int, _ string, err
 	redirectURI.RawQuery = query.Encode()
 	return echoContext.Redirect(http.StatusFound, redirectURI.String())
 }
+
+const InvalidScope = ErrorCode("invalid_scope")
+
+var ErrInvalidScope = errors.New("invalid scope")
+
+// TestOAuthErrorCode tests if the response is an OAuth2 error with the given code.
+func TestOAuthErrorCode(responseBody []byte, code ErrorCode) bool {
+	var oauthErr OAuth2Error
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &oauthErr); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return oauthErr.Code == code
+}