diff --git a/apiserver/service_repo/service_repo.py b/apiserver/service_repo/service_repo.py
index 9ea31f7..922d7b9 100644
--- a/apiserver/service_repo/service_repo.py
+++ b/apiserver/service_repo/service_repo.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import jsonmodels.models
 
 from apiserver.apierrors import APIError, errors
 from apiserver.config_repo import config
+from apiserver.database.errors import translate_errors_context
 from apiserver.utilities.partial_version import PartialVersion
 from .apicall import APICall
 from .auth import Identity
@@ -283,7 +284,8 @@ class ServiceRepo(object):
             # In case call does not require authorization, parsing the identity.company might raise an exception
             company = cls._get_company(call, endpoint)
 
-            ret = endpoint.func(call, company, call.data_model)
+            with translate_errors_context():
+                ret = endpoint.func(call, company, call.data_model)
 
             # allow endpoints to return dict or model (instead of setting them explicitly on the call)
             if ret is not None:
diff --git a/apiserver/tests/automated/test_projects_edit.py b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_projects_edit.py
index f06cd7b..ff4866d 100644
--- a/apiserver/tests/automated/test_projects_edit.py
+++ b/apiserver/tests/automated/test_projects_edit.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from apiserver.apierrors.errors.bad_request import InvalidProjectId
+from apiserver.apierrors.errors.bad_request import InvalidProjectId, ExpectedUniqueData
 from apiserver.apierrors.errors.forbidden import NoWritePermission
 from apiserver.config_repo import config
 from apiserver.tests.automated import TestService
@@ -32,3 +32,12 @@ class TestProjectsEdit(TestService):
         res = self.api.projects.get_all(id=[p1])
         self.assertEqual([p.id for p in res.projects], [p1])
         self.api.projects.update(project=p1, name="Test public change 2")
+
+    def test_project_name_uniqueness(self):
+        name1 = "Test name1"
+        p1 = self.create_temp("projects", name=name1, description="test")
+        with self.api.raises(ExpectedUniqueData):
+            p2 = self.create_temp("projects", name=name1, description="test")
+        p2 = self.create_temp("projects", name="Test name2", description="test")
+        with self.api.raises(ExpectedUniqueData):
+            self.api.projects.update(project=p2, name=name1)