diff --git a/src/build.cpp b/src/build.cpp
index db48afb..71ee646 100644
--- a/src/build.cpp
+++ b/src/build.cpp
@@ -51,14 +51,7 @@ void build::parse_json(const std::string& json_data) {
             {"can_be_cancelled", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { can_be_cancelled = val.get<bool>(); }},
             {"can_be_retried", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { can_be_retried = val.get<bool>(); }},
             {"title", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { title = val.get<std::string>(); }},
-            {"self_link", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) {
-                self_link = val.get<std::string>();
-                std::regex rgx("/builds/(\\d+)");
-                std::smatch match;
-                if (std::regex_search(self_link, match, rgx)) {
-                    id = std::stol(match[1]);
-                }
-            }},
+            {"self_link", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { self_link = val.get<std::string>(); }},
             {"build_log_url", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { build_log_url = val.get<std::string>(); }},
             {"upload_log_url", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { upload_log_url = val.get<std::string>(); }},
             {"duration", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { duration = val.get<std::string>(); }},
diff --git a/src/launchpad.cpp b/src/launchpad.cpp
index e13438d..1eaaaa8 100644
--- a/src/launchpad.cpp
+++ b/src/launchpad.cpp
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ std::string launchpad::build_full_url(const std::string& endpoint) const {
 std::optional<std::string> launchpad::api_get(const std::string& endpoint, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& params) const {
     std::string url = build_full_url(endpoint);
     if (url.empty()) {
-        std::cerr << "Internal error: please include the following info in a bug report:" << std::endl;
         if (!params.empty()) {
+            std::cerr << "Internal error: please include the following info in a bug report:" << std::endl;
             for (const auto& [key, value] : params) {
                 std::cerr << url_encode(key) + "=" + url_encode(value) + "&";
             }
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ std::optional<std::string> launchpad::api_post(
     const std::string& token_secret_override
 ) {
     if (endpoint.empty()) {
-        std::cerr << "Internal error: please include the following info in a bug report:" << std::endl;
         if (!params.empty()) {
+            std::cerr << "Internal error: please include the following info in a bug report:" << std::endl;
             for (const auto& [key, value] : params) {
                 std::cerr << url_encode(key) + "=" + url_encode(value) + "&";
             }