diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b31d8c3..2ec5de6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ pkg
 gd_bundle-g2.crt
 
 Gemfile.lock
+
+.idea
diff --git a/lib/mailjet/resource.rb b/lib/mailjet/resource.rb
index d4b2f79..c99b44e 100644
--- a/lib/mailjet/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/mailjet/resource.rb
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def save(options = {})
       if opts[:perform_api_call] && !persisted?
         # get attributes only for entity creation
         self.attributes = if self.resource_path == 'send'
-          Yajl::Parser.parse(response.body)
+          response.respond_to?(:body) ? Yajl::Parser.parse(response.body) : Yajl::Parser.parse(response)
         else
           parse_api_json(response.body).first
         end
diff --git a/spec/cassettes/resource/send_v31_incorrect_email.yml b/spec/cassettes/resource/send_v31_incorrect_email.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0658657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/cassettes/resource/send_v31_incorrect_email.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: post
+    uri: https://api.mailjet.com/v3.1/send
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '{"Messages":[{"From":{"Email":"pilot@example.com","Name":"Mailjet Ruby
+        Wrapper CI"},"To":[{"Email":"passenger@example..com","Name":"test"}],"Subject":"Mailjet
+        Ruby Wrapper CI Send API v3.1 spec","TextPart":"Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI content","HTMLPart":"HTML
+        Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI content"}]}'
+    headers:
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      User-Agent:
+      - mailjet-api-v3-ruby/1.8.2
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - deflate
+      Authorization:
+      - "<BASIC>"
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 400
+      message: Bad Request
+    headers:
+      Content-Length:
+      - '248'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json; charset=UTF-8
+      X-Mj-Request-Guid:
+      - a9c2a2bc-53ab-4b0b-be22-164c8c3cdf3e
+      Date:
+      - Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:48:22 GMT
+    body:
+      encoding: UTF-8
+      string: '{"Messages":[{"Status":"error","Errors":[{"ErrorIdentifier":"154364af-36e6-4177-a771-82ac1dc32d54","ErrorCode":"mj-0013","StatusCode":400,"ErrorMessage":"\"passenger@example..com\"
+        is an invalid email address.","ErrorRelatedTo":["To[0].Email"]}]}]}'
+  recorded_at: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:48:22 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 6.3.1
diff --git a/spec/resources/send_spec.rb b/spec/resources/send_spec.rb
index 53a2926..5ddc8db 100644
--- a/spec/resources/send_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/resources/send_spec.rb
@@ -71,4 +71,32 @@
       expect{ described_class.create(message, version: 'v3.1') }.to raise_error(Mailjet::Unauthorized, /Visit API keys management section to check your keys/)
     end
   end
+
+  it 'returns error if email is incorrect for API v3.1' do
+    VCR.use_cassette("resource/send_v31_incorrect_email") do
+      recipient = {
+        'Email' => "passenger@example..com",
+        'Name' => 'test'
+      }
+
+      message = described_class.create({
+        messages: [{
+          'From' => {
+            'Email' => "pilot@example.com",
+            'Name' => 'Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI'
+          },
+          'To' => [
+            recipient
+          ],
+            'Subject' => 'Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI Send API v3.1 spec',
+            'TextPart' => 'Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI content',
+            'HTMLPart' => 'HTML Mailjet Ruby Wrapper CI content'
+          }]
+        },
+        version: 'v3.1'
+      )
+
+      expect(message.attributes['Messages'].first['Errors'].first['ErrorMessage']).to eq "\"passenger@example..com\" is an invalid email address."
+    end
+  end
 end