diff --git a/pkg/lmcli/provider/openai/openai.go b/pkg/lmcli/provider/openai/openai.go
index 6dd053f..1a34a17 100644
--- a/pkg/lmcli/provider/openai/openai.go
+++ b/pkg/lmcli/provider/openai/openai.go
@@ -166,7 +166,14 @@ func (c *OpenAIClient) sendRequest(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) (*htt
 	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.APIKey)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
-	return client.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
+	resp, err := client.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		bytes, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		return resp, fmt.Errorf("%v", string(bytes))
+	}
+
+	return resp, err
 }
 
 func (c *OpenAIClient) CreateChatCompletion(