diff --git a/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py b/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
index 63c7b9a..7b3d24f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
+++ b/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import requests
 import json
 
+
 class IntegrationTestHelper:
 
     @classmethod
@@ -20,11 +21,11 @@ class IntegrationTestHelper:
 
     @classmethod
     def execute_query(cls, sql_api_url, query):
-        query_url = "{0}&q={1}".format(sql_api_url, query)
+        query_url = "{0}?q={1}".format(sql_api_url, query)
         print "Executing query: {0}".format(query_url)
         query_response = requests.get(query_url)
         if query_response.status_code != 200:
-            raise Exception("Error executing SQL API query")
+            raise Exception(json.loads(query_response.text)['error'])
         query_response_data = json.loads(query_response.text)
 
         return query_response_data['rows'][0]['geometry']
diff --git a/test/integration/test_admin0_functions.py b/test/integration/test_admin0_functions.py
index eac3c76..cb34171 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_admin0_functions.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_admin0_functions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 from nose.tools import assert_raises
-from nose.tools import assert_not_equal
+from nose.tools import assert_not_equal, assert_equal
 from ..helpers.integration_test_helper import IntegrationTestHelper
 
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class TestAdmin0Functions(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.env_variables = IntegrationTestHelper.get_environment_variables()
-        self.sql_api_url = "https://{0}.{1}/api/v2/sql?api_key={2}".format(
+        self.sql_api_url = "https://{0}.{1}/api/v2/sql".format(
             self.env_variables['username'],
             self.env_variables['host'],
             self.env_variables['api_key']
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@ class TestAdmin0Functions(TestCase):
 
     def test_if_select_with_admin0_is_ok(self):
         query = "SELECT cdb_geocode_admin0_polygon(name) as geometry " \
-            "FROM {0} LIMIT 1".format(
-            self.env_variables['table_name'])
+            "FROM {0} LIMIT 1&api_key={1}".format(
+            self.env_variables['table_name'],
+            self.env_variables['api_key'])
         geometry = IntegrationTestHelper.execute_query(self.sql_api_url, query)
         assert_not_equal(geometry, None)
+
+    def test_if_select_with_admin0_without_api_key_raise_error(self):
+        query = "SELECT cdb_geocode_admin0_polygon(name) as geometry " \
+            "FROM {0} LIMIT 1".format(
+            self.env_variables['table_name'])
+        try:
+            IntegrationTestHelper.execute_query(self.sql_api_url, query)
+        except Exception as e:
+            assert_equal(e.message[0], "The api_key must be provided")