diff --git a/validation/api/src/internal.rs b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
index 67b2a46..daaf37c 100644
--- a/validation/api/src/internal.rs
+++ b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ macro_rules! action{
 			let url_raw=format!(concat!("{}/submissions/{}/status/",$action),self.0.base_url,config.0);
 			let url=reqwest::Url::parse(url_raw.as_str()).map_err(Error::ParseError)?;
 
-			self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-			.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?;
+			crate::response_ok(
+				self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+			).await.map_err(Error::Response)?;
 
 			Ok(())
 		}
@@ -105,8 +106,9 @@ impl Context{
 		let url_raw=format!("{}/scripts/{}",self.0.base_url,config.ScriptID.0);
 		let url=reqwest::Url::parse(url_raw.as_str()).map_err(Error::ParseError)?;
 
-		self.0.get(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.get(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?
 		.json().await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)
 	}
 	pub async fn create_script<'a>(&self,config:CreateScriptRequest<'a>)->Result<ScriptIDResponse,Error>{
@@ -115,16 +117,18 @@ impl Context{
 
 		let body=serde_json::to_string(&config).map_err(Error::JSON)?;
 
-		self.0.post(url,body).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.post(url,body).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?
 		.json().await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)
 	}
 	pub async fn get_script_policy_from_hash<'a>(&self,config:ScriptPolicyHashRequest<'a>)->Result<ScriptPolicyResponse,Error>{
 		let url_raw=format!("{}/script-policy/hash/{}",self.0.base_url,config.hash);
 		let url=reqwest::Url::parse(url_raw.as_str()).map_err(Error::ParseError)?;
 
-		self.0.get(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.get(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?
 		.json().await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)
 	}
 	pub async fn create_script_policy(&self,config:CreateScriptPolicyRequest)->Result<ScriptPolicyIDResponse,Error>{
@@ -133,8 +137,9 @@ impl Context{
 
 		let body=serde_json::to_string(&config).map_err(Error::JSON)?;
 
-		self.0.post(url,body).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.post(url,body).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?
 		.json().await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)
 	}
 	pub async fn update_submission_model(&self,config:UpdateSubmissionModelRequest)->Result<(),Error>{
@@ -147,8 +152,9 @@ impl Context{
 				.append_pair("ModelVersion",config.ModelVersion.to_string().as_str());
 		}
 
-		self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?;
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?;
 
 		Ok(())
 	}
@@ -160,9 +166,9 @@ impl Context{
 			url.query_pairs_mut()
 				.append_pair("TargetAssetID",target_asset_id.to_string().as_str());
 		}
-
-		self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
-		.error_for_status().map_err(Error::Reqwest)?;
+		crate::response_ok(
+			self.0.post_empty_body(url).await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)?
+		).await.map_err(Error::Response)?;
 
 		Ok(())
 	}
diff --git a/validation/api/src/lib.rs b/validation/api/src/lib.rs
index 0189263..7794f6c 100644
--- a/validation/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/validation/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub type ReqwestError=reqwest::Error;
 pub enum Error{
 	ParseError(url::ParseError),
 	Reqwest(reqwest::Error),
+	Response(ResponseError),
 	JSON(serde_json::Error),
 }
 impl std::fmt::Display for Error{
@@ -18,3 +19,39 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Error{
 	}
 }
 impl std::error::Error for Error{}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody{
+	pub status_code:reqwest::StatusCode,
+	pub url:url::Url,
+	pub body:String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ResponseError{
+	Reqwest(reqwest::Error),
+	StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody(StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody),
+}
+impl std::fmt::Display for ResponseError{
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		write!(f,"{self:?}")
+	}
+}
+impl std::error::Error for ResponseError{}
+// lazy function to draw out meaningful info from http response on failure
+pub async fn response_ok(response:reqwest::Response)->Result<reqwest::Response,ResponseError>{
+	let status_code=response.status();
+	if status_code.is_success(){
+		Ok(response)
+	}else{
+		let url=response.url().to_owned();
+		let bytes=response.bytes().await.map_err(ResponseError::Reqwest)?;
+		let body=String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).to_string();
+		Err(ResponseError::StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody(StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody{
+			status_code,
+			url,
+			body,
+		}))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/validation/src/validator.rs b/validation/src/validator.rs
index 0c0b243..8193298 100644
--- a/validation/src/validator.rs
+++ b/validation/src/validator.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ fn interpret_get_script_policy_response(reponse:Result<ScriptPolicyResponse,subm
 	match reponse{
 		Ok(script_policy)=>Ok(Some(script_policy)),
 		Err(e)=>{
-			if let submissions_api::Error::Reqwest(error)=&e{
-				if let Some(status_code)=error.status(){
-					if status_code.as_u16()==404{
-						// wew we figured out that the resource does not exist
-						return Ok(None);
-					}
+			if let submissions_api::Error::Response(submissions_api::ResponseError::StatusCodeWithUrlAndBody(s))=&e{
+				if s.status_code.as_u16()==404{
+					// wew we figured out that the resource does not exist
+					return Ok(None);
 				}
 			}
 			return Err(e);