diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
index 270bf86daf7c9532e6d2bdae0b870b757bda0bda..6481abe32e2c6bbcdba39dc412b1ab4d81d93145 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ class FederatedShareProvider implements IShareProvider {
 			$token
 		);
 
+		$failure = false;
+
 		try {
 			$sharedByFederatedId = $share->getSharedBy();
 			if ($this->userManager->userExists($sharedByFederatedId)) {
@@ -239,17 +241,22 @@ class FederatedShareProvider implements IShareProvider {
 			);
 
 			if ($send === false) {
-				$message_t = $this->l->t('Sharing %s failed, could not find %s, maybe the server is currently unreachable.',
-					[$share->getNode()->getName(), $share->getSharedWith()]);
-				throw new \Exception($message_t);
+				$failure = true;
 			}
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			$this->logger->error('Failed to notify remote server of federated share, removing share (' . $e->getMessage() . ')');
+			$failure = true;
+		}
+
+		if($failure) {
 			$this->removeShareFromTableById($shareId);
-			throw $e;
+			$message_t = $this->l->t('Sharing %s failed, could not find %s, maybe the server is currently unreachable or uses a self-signed certificate.',
+				[$share->getNode()->getName(), $share->getSharedWith()]);
+			throw new \Exception($message_t);
 		}
 
 		return $shareId;
+
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
index 92f6ac5e99679ba87792fd4291e93fcade84e517..874d4b48a5c9c6db308522131459ec3d5da57be1 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class FederatedShareProviderTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			$share = $this->provider->create($share);
 			$this->fail();
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			$this->assertEquals('Sharing myFile failed, could not find user@server.com, maybe the server is currently unreachable.', $e->getMessage());
+			$this->assertEquals('Sharing myFile failed, could not find user@server.com, maybe the server is currently unreachable or uses a self-signed certificate.', $e->getMessage());
 		}
 
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class FederatedShareProviderTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			$share = $this->provider->create($share);
 			$this->fail();
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			$this->assertEquals('dummy', $e->getMessage());
+			$this->assertEquals('Sharing myFile failed, could not find user@server.com, maybe the server is currently unreachable or uses a self-signed certificate.', $e->getMessage());
 		}
 
 		$qb = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ class FederatedShareProviderTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$userManager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
 		$rootFolder = \OC::$server->getRootFolder();
 
-		$u1 = $userManager->createUser('testFed', 'test');
-		$u2 = $userManager->createUser('testFed2', 'test');
+		$u1 = $userManager->createUser('testFed', md5(time()));
+		$u2 = $userManager->createUser('testFed2', md5(time()));
 
 		$folder1 = $rootFolder->getUserFolder($u1->getUID())->newFolder('foo');
 		$file1 = $folder1->newFile('bar1');