diff --git a/yen-rs/src/commands/create.rs b/yen-rs/src/commands/create.rs
index 5bc5a47..87c3426 100644
--- a/yen-rs/src/commands/create.rs
+++ b/yen-rs/src/commands/create.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ pub async fn create_env(
         .into_diagnostic()?;
 
     if !stdout.status.success() {
-        miette::bail!("Error: unable to create venv!");
+        miette::bail!(format!(
+            "Error: unable to create venv!\nStdout: {}\nStderr: {}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&stdout.stdout),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&stdout.stderr),
+        ));
     }
 
     eprintln!(
diff --git a/yen-rs/src/github.rs b/yen-rs/src/github.rs
index 8c7dda8..54c3b47 100644
--- a/yen-rs/src/github.rs
+++ b/yen-rs/src/github.rs
@@ -114,15 +114,33 @@ impl MachineSuffix {
 }
 
 async fn get_latest_python_release() -> miette::Result<Vec<String>> {
-    Ok(YEN_CLIENT
+    let response = YEN_CLIENT
         .get(*GITHUB_API_URL)
         .send()
         .await
-        .into_diagnostic()?
-        .json::<GithubResp>()
-        .await
-        .into_diagnostic()?
-        .into())
+        .into_diagnostic()?;
+
+    // Check if the response status is successful
+    // Log the response body if the status is not successful
+    let status_code = response.status().as_u16();
+    let success = response.status().is_success();
+    let body = response.text().await.into_diagnostic()?;
+    if !success {
+        log::error!("Error response: {}\nStatus Code: {}", body, status_code);
+        miette::bail!("Non-successful API response, check the logs for more info.");
+    }
+
+    // Attempt to parse the JSON
+    let github_resp = match serde_json::from_str::<GithubResp>(&body) {
+        Ok(data) => data,
+        Err(err) => {
+            // Log the error and response body in case of JSON decoding failure
+            log::error!("Error decoding JSON: {}", err);
+            log::error!("Response body: {}", body);
+            miette::bail!("JSON decoding error, check the logs for more info.");
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(github_resp.into())
 }
 
 pub async fn list_pythons() -> miette::Result<BTreeMap<Version, String>> {