diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 287d7e19d..e0da3cf8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -168,3 +168,7 @@ Please add a _short_ line describing the PR you make, if the PR implements a spe
 - Change token check message for Windows to more user friendly ([#500](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_cli/pull/500))
 - New command: List all users as Super Admin and find existing users ([#504](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_cli/pull/504))
 - Add possibility of allowing group access to authenticated session ([#502](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_cli/pull/502))
+
+## Summer 2022
+
+- Check for DDS_CLI_ENV = "test-instance" in order to allow testing of features before production ([#506](https://github.com/ScilifelabDataCentre/dds_cli/pull/506))
diff --git a/dds_cli/__init__.py b/dds_cli/__init__.py
index bdff08630..56a14dda7 100644
--- a/dds_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/dds_cli/__init__.py
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ class DDSEndpoint:
     BASE_ENDPOINT_LOCAL = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1"
     BASE_ENDPOINT_DOCKER = "http://dds_backend:5000/api/v1"
     BASE_ENDPOINT_REMOTE = "https://delivery.scilifelab.se/api/v1"
+    BASE_ENDPOINT_REMOTE_TEST = "https://dds-dev.dckube.scilifelab.se/api/v1"
     if os.getenv("DDS_CLI_ENV") == "development":
         BASE_ENDPOINT = BASE_ENDPOINT_LOCAL
     elif os.getenv("DDS_CLI_ENV") == "docker-dev":
         BASE_ENDPOINT = BASE_ENDPOINT_DOCKER
+    elif os.getenv("DDS_CLI_ENV") == "test-instance":
+        BASE_ENDPOINT = BASE_ENDPOINT_REMOTE_TEST
     else:
         BASE_ENDPOINT = BASE_ENDPOINT_REMOTE
 
diff --git a/dds_cli/utils.py b/dds_cli/utils.py
index 1b2390d4b..f0beffa0e 100644
--- a/dds_cli/utils.py
+++ b/dds_cli/utils.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def perform_request(
                 + (
                     ": The database seems to be down."
                     if isinstance(err, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError)
-                    else ": Unknown request error."
+                    else f": Unknown request error -- \n {err}"
                 )
             )
         )
diff --git a/dds_cli/version.py b/dds_cli/version.py
index 382021f30..328354dbf 100644
--- a/dds_cli/version.py
+++ b/dds_cli/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.6"
+__version__ = "1.0.61"