diff --git a/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.test.tsx b/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.test.tsx
index be50b8d72..c4f51653c 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.test.tsx
+++ b/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.test.tsx
@@ -118,24 +118,28 @@ describe("fetchApi", () => {
 
   it("handles a Collections API 422 error for invalid param values", async () => {
     const mockBadParams = { param1: "value1", param2: "value2" };
-    const mockResponse = { response: "mockResponse" };
+    const mockResponse = "mockResponse";
     (global as any).fetch = jest.fn(() =>
       Promise.resolve({
         status: 422,
         statusText: "Invalid parameter value: something something",
-        json: async () => mockResponse,
+        text: async () => mockResponse,
       })
     ) as jest.Mock;
 
-    const response = await fetchApi({
-      apiUrl: mockApiUrl,
-      options: {
-        isRepoApi: false,
-        params: mockBadParams,
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(response).toEqual(mockResponse);
+    await expect(
+      fetchApi({
+        apiUrl: mockApiUrl,
+        options: {
+          isRepoApi: false,
+          params: mockBadParams,
+        },
+      })
+    ).rejects.toEqual(
+      new Error(
+        "Error fetching mockurl.org?param1=value1&param2=value2: 422 mockResponse"
+      )
+    );
   });
 
   it("throws an error for non-200 status", async () => {
@@ -143,11 +147,12 @@ describe("fetchApi", () => {
       Promise.resolve({
         status: 500,
         statusText: "Internal Server Error",
+        text: async () => "Bad things happened",
       })
     ) as jest.Mock;
 
     await expect(fetchApi({ apiUrl: mockApiUrl })).rejects.toEqual(
-      new Error("fetchApi: 500 Internal Server Error")
+      new Error(`Error fetching ${mockApiUrl}: 500 Bad things happened`)
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.ts b/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.ts
index becb4bf92..90382c11c 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.ts
+++ b/app/src/utils/fetchApi/fetchApi.ts
@@ -71,26 +71,24 @@ export const fetchApi = async ({
     ]);
   };
 
+  let response: Response;
   try {
-    const response = (await fetchWithTimeout(apiUrl, {
+    response = (await fetchWithTimeout(apiUrl, {
       method,
       headers: headers,
       body: method === "POST" ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
       next,
     })) as Response;
-
-    if (response.status === 422) {
-      logger.error(`Invalid parameter value: ${apiUrl}`);
-    } else if (!response.ok) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `fetchApi: ${response.status} ${
-          response.statusText ? response.statusText : "No message"
-        }`
-      );
-    }
-    return await response.json();
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(error);
     throw new Error(error.message);
   }
+  if (response.ok) {
+    return await response.json();
+  }
+  const responseText = await response.text();
+
+  throw new Error(
+    `Error fetching ${apiUrl}: ${response.status} ${responseText}`
+  );
 };