diff --git a/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidClientSoap.php b/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidClientSoap.php
index d3252419bb30fba6fb90fd3feb76f870c000ac8b..1680ab20badbbef5c33cafb8bb213ed365372982 100644
--- a/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidClientSoap.php
+++ b/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidClientSoap.php
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ class RpcNetidClientSoap implements RpcNetidClient {
 		}
 		
 		if( $result->result === 400){
-			return new RpcNetidStructValidationResponse(false, array($result->Reasons->Reason) );
+			return new RpcNetidStructValidationResponse(false, $result->Reasons->Reason );
 		}
 		
 		if( $result->result === 401){
-			return new RpcNetidStructValidationResponse(false, array($result->Reasons->Reason) );
+			return new RpcNetidStructValidationResponse(false, $result->Reasons->Reason );
 		}
 		
 		throw new RpcNetidClientSoapException("Unexpected status code: {$result->result}",
diff --git a/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidStructValidationResponse.php b/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidStructValidationResponse.php
index 2301a03f8a01a0d7d311835410adfedfc2ffa232..eb68ef021d3154d77ca5957bc9f69f8316f264e4 100644
--- a/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidStructValidationResponse.php
+++ b/src/main/edu/wisc/doit/RpcNetidStructValidationResponse.php
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ class RpcNetidStructValidationResponse {
 	 * @param array $reasons the array of a Reason for why the SOAP Call failed
 	 */
 	function __construct( $isValid, array $reasons ) {
-		$this->setIsValid( $isValid );
+	    if(gettype($reasons) == "array") {
+            $this->setIsValid( $isValid );
+        } else {
+            $this->setIsValid(array( $isValid) );
+        }
+
 		$this->setReasons( $reasons );
 	}
 	
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ class RpcNetidStructValidationResponse {
 	/**
 	 * @return string  the reason for a password being invalid
 	 */
-	function getReasons() { return $this->reasons[0]; }
+	function getReasons() { return $this->reasons; }
 	
 	/**
 	 * @param string[] $reason  the reason for a password being invalid
diff --git a/src/test/RpcNetidClientSoapTest.php b/src/test/RpcNetidClientSoapTest.php
index 44dcd85e16cac974e0927e987a086714b7510668..de03d7eeda0a1766a6bea808123373d52bc37913 100644
--- a/src/test/RpcNetidClientSoapTest.php
+++ b/src/test/RpcNetidClientSoapTest.php
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ class RpcNetidClientSoapTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
 		
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('edu\wisc\doit\RpcNetidStructValidationResponse', $returned );
 		$this->assertFalse( $returned->getIsValid() );
-		$this->assertEquals( RpcNetidStructValidationResponse::REASON_NEEDS_WISCARD, $returned->getReasons() );
+		$this->assertContains( RpcNetidStructValidationResponse::REASON_NEEDS_WISCARD, $returned->getReasons() );
 		
 	}