diff --git a/ninjalog_uploader.py b/ninjalog_uploader.py
index 0a3e7a314..036eaec7d 100755
--- a/ninjalog_uploader.py
+++ b/ninjalog_uploader.py
@@ -251,19 +251,28 @@ def main():
             logging.info("send metadata: %s", json.dumps(metadata))
             g.write(json.dumps(metadata).encode())
 
-    resp = urllib.request.urlopen(
-        urllib.request.Request(
-            "https://" + args.server + "/upload_ninja_log/",
-            data=output.getvalue(),
-            headers={"Content-Encoding": "gzip"},
-        ))
-
-    if resp.status != 200:
-        logging.warning("unexpected status code for response: %s", resp.status)
+    status = None
+    err_msg = ""
+    try:
+        resp = urllib.request.urlopen(
+            urllib.request.Request(
+                "https://" + args.server + "/upload_ninja_log/",
+                data=output.getvalue(),
+                headers={"Content-Encoding": "gzip"},
+            ))
+        status = resp.status
+        logging.info("response header: %s", resp.headers)
+        logging.info("response content: %s", resp.read())
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        status = e.status
+        err_msg = e.msg
+
+    if status != 200:
+        logging.warning(
+            "unexpected status code for response: status: %s, msg: %s", status,
+            err_msg)
         return 1
 
-    logging.info("response header: %s", resp.headers)
-    logging.info("response content: %s", resp.read())
     return 0