diff --git a/desktop/src/navigator.rs b/desktop/src/navigator.rs
index 883d2a0fb..3c2798433 100644
--- a/desktop/src/navigator.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/navigator.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ impl NavigatorBackend for ExternalNavigatorBackend {
                     .map_err(|e| Error::FetchError(e.to_string()))?;
 
                 if !response.status().is_success() {
-                    return Err(Error::FetchError("HTTP status is not ok".to_string()));
+                    return Err(Error::FetchError(format!(
+                        "HTTP status is not ok, got {}",
+                        response.status().canonical_reason().unwrap_or(
+                            format!("unknown status {}", response.status().as_u16()).as_str()
+                        )
+                    )));
                 }
 
                 let mut buffer = vec![];
diff --git a/web/src/navigator.rs b/web/src/navigator.rs
index 253798c90..170c56521 100644
--- a/web/src/navigator.rs
+++ b/web/src/navigator.rs
@@ -176,9 +176,14 @@ impl NavigatorBackend for WebNavigatorBackend {
             }
 
             let resp: Response = fetchval.unwrap().dyn_into().unwrap();
+
             if !resp.ok() {
-                return Err(Error::FetchError("HTTP status is not ok".to_string()));
+                return Err(Error::FetchError(format!(
+                    "HTTP status is not ok, got {}",
+                    resp.status_text()
+                )));
             }
+
             let data: ArrayBuffer = JsFuture::from(resp.array_buffer().unwrap())
                 .await
                 .unwrap()