diff --git a/dojo/fixtures/dojo_testdata.json b/dojo/fixtures/dojo_testdata.json
index ae550f8bf81..b35d570eaab 100644
--- a/dojo/fixtures/dojo_testdata.json
+++ b/dojo/fixtures/dojo_testdata.json
@@ -2158,8 +2158,8 @@
     "fields": {
       "configuration_name": "Happy little JIRA 2",
       "url": "https://defectdojo.atlassian.net/",
-      "username": "YOUR USERNAME",
-      "password": "YOU API TOKEN",
+      "username": "[YOUR USERNAME]",
+      "password": "[YOUR API TOKEN]",
       "default_issue_type": "Task",
       "epic_name_id": 10011,
       "open_status_key": 11,
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@
       "component": "",
       "enable_engagement_epic_mapping": true,
       "jira_instance": 2,
-      "project_key": "key1"
+      "project_key": "NTEST"
     }
   },
   {
diff --git a/dojo/jira_link/helper.py b/dojo/jira_link/helper.py
index 0ffe8253a2f..8aff8972401 100644
--- a/dojo/jira_link/helper.py
+++ b/dojo/jira_link/helper.py
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ def failure_to_add_message(message: str, exception: Exception, object: Any) -> b
         JIRAError.log_to_tempfile = False
         jira = get_jira_connection(jira_instance)
     except Exception as e:
-        message = f"The following jira instance could not be connected: {jira_instance} - {e.text}"
+        message = f"The following jira instance could not be connected: {jira_instance} - {e}"
         return failure_to_add_message(message, e, obj)
     # Set the list of labels to set on the jira issue
     labels = get_labels(obj) + get_tags(obj)
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ def failure_to_add_message(message: str, exception: Exception, object: Any) -> b
         labels = list(dict.fromkeys(labels))  # de-dup
     # Determine what due date to set on the jira issue
     duedate = None
+
     if System_Settings.objects.get().enable_finding_sla:
         duedate = obj.sla_deadline()
     # Set the fields that will compose the jira issue
@@ -1104,6 +1105,7 @@ def get_issuetype_fields(
 
     issuetype_fields = None
     use_cloud_api = jira.deploymentType.lower() == "cloud" or jira._version < (9, 0, 0)
+
     try:
         if use_cloud_api:
             try: