diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 9a180f6..29e1035 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ RUN wget "https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases/download/v0.10.11/caddy_v0.10.
     && rm -f /caddy.tgz
 
 # Add and Setup Kafka Connect UI
-ENV KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION="0.9.5"
-RUN wget "https://github.com/Landoop/kafka-connect-ui/releases/download/v.${KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION}/kafka-connect-ui-${KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION}.tar.gz" -O /kafka-connect-ui.tar.gz \
+ARG KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION="0.9.6"
+ARG KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_URL="https://github.com/Landoop/kafka-connect-ui/releases/download/v.${KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION}/kafka-connect-ui-${KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+RUN wget "$KAFKA_CONNECT_UI_URL" -O /kafka-connect-ui.tar.gz \
     && mkdir /kafka-connect-ui \
     && tar xzf /kafka-connect-ui.tar.gz -C /kafka-connect-ui \
     && rm -f /kafka-connect-ui.tar.gz
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41502cd..6e27d63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kafka-connect-ui",
-  "version": "0.9.5",
+  "version": "0.9.6",
   "description": "A user interface for managing Kafka Connectors",
   "readme": "README.md",
   "main": "Gruntfile.js",
diff --git a/src/kafka-connect/config/config.html b/src/kafka-connect/config/config.html
index 06f37d6..0ed907c 100644
--- a/src/kafka-connect/config/config.html
+++ b/src/kafka-connect/config/config.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <md-content flex layout-padding>
       <b>Kafka Connect :</b> {{kafkaConnectURL}} <br>
       <span ng-show="showVersion"> <b>Kafka Connect Version :</b> {{version}} <br></span>
-      <span> <b>Kafka Connect UI Version :</b> 0.9.5 <br></span>
+      <span> <b>Kafka Connect UI Version :</b> 0.9.6 <br></span>
       <span ng-show="connectionFailure" class="red">{{connectivityError}}</span><br>
   </md-content>
 </md-card>
diff --git a/src/kafka-connect/create-connector/create-connector.controller.js b/src/kafka-connect/create-connector/create-connector.controller.js
index 4371cf3..4ed3d11 100644
--- a/src/kafka-connect/create-connector/create-connector.controller.js
+++ b/src/kafka-connect/create-connector/create-connector.controller.js
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ angularAPP.controller('CreateConnectorCtrl', function ($scope, $rootScope, $http
             }
 
             //STEP 1: Validate
+            $scope.validConfig = '';
+            var validConnectorConfigKeys = [];
+            var requiredConfigKeys = [];
             KafkaConnectFactory.validateConnectorConfig(classname, model).then(
                 function success(data) {
                   $log.info('Total validation errors from API => ' + data.error_count);
                   //STEP 2: Get errors if any
-                  $scope.validConfig = '';
-                  var validConnectorConfigKeys = [];
-                  var requiredConfigKeys = [];
                   angular.forEach(data.configs, function (config) {
                     if (data.error_count && config.value.errors.length > 0) {
                         errorConfigs.push(config.value);
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@ angularAPP.controller('CreateConnectorCtrl', function ($scope, $rootScope, $http
                       errorConfigs.push(errors);
                     }
                   });
-                  // Now check the other way around. Whether a required property is not set
-                  angular.forEach(requiredConfigKeys, function (requiredKey) {
-                    if (!model[requiredKey]) {
-                      var errors = { errors : [ 'Required config "' + requiredKey + '" is not there' ] };
-                      errorConfigs.push(errors);
-                    };
-                  });
 
                   if(errorConfigs == 0) {
                       $scope.validConfig = constants.VIEW_MESSAGE_CONNECTOR_VALID;
@@ -107,7 +100,9 @@ angularAPP.controller('CreateConnectorCtrl', function ($scope, $rootScope, $http
                   $scope.warningConfigs = warningConfigs;
                 },
                 function error(data, reason) {
-                  $log.error('Failure : ' + data);
+                  const errorObject = JSON.parse(data.split('error:')[1])
+                  $scope.errorConfigs = [];
+                  $scope.errorConfigs.push({errors : [errorObject.message]})
                   deferred.reject(data);
                 });
                 return deferred.promise;