diff --git a/loki_logger_handler/loki_logger_handler.py b/loki_logger_handler/loki_logger_handler.py
index 9585f34..0d230c9 100644
--- a/loki_logger_handler/loki_logger_handler.py
+++ b/loki_logger_handler/loki_logger_handler.py
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@
 except ImportError:
     import Queue as queue  # Python 2.7
 
+import atexit
+import logging
 import threading
 import time
-import logging
-import atexit
+
+import requests
+
 from loki_logger_handler.formatters.logger_formatter import LoggerFormatter
-from loki_logger_handler.streams import Streams
 from loki_logger_handler.loki_request import LokiRequest
 from loki_logger_handler.stream import Stream
+from loki_logger_handler.streams import Streams
 
 
 class LokiLoggerHandler(logging.Handler):
@@ -62,16 +65,20 @@ def __init__(
         self.label_keys = label_keys if label_keys is not None else {}
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.formatter = default_formatter
-        self.request = LokiRequest(url=url, compressed=compressed, additional_headers=additional_headers or {})
+        self.request = LokiRequest(
+            url=url, compressed=compressed, additional_headers=additional_headers or {}
+        )
         self.buffer = queue.Queue()
         self.flush_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._flush)
-        
+
         # Set daemon for Python 2 and 3 compatibility
         self.flush_thread.daemon = True
         self.flush_thread.start()
-        
+
         self.message_in_json_format = message_in_json_format
 
+        self.send_error = None
+
     def emit(self, record):
         """
         Emit a log record.
@@ -117,7 +124,10 @@ def _send(self):
 
         if temp_streams:
             streams = Streams(list(temp_streams.values()))
-            self.request.send(streams.serialize())
+            try:
+                self.request.send(streams.serialize())
+            except requests.RequestException as e:
+                self.send_error = e
 
     def write(self, message):
         """
diff --git a/loki_logger_handler/loki_request.py b/loki_logger_handler/loki_request.py
index eb178a9..6eba0fb 100644
--- a/loki_logger_handler/loki_request.py
+++ b/loki_logger_handler/loki_request.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class LokiRequest:
         headers (dict): Additional headers to include in the request.
         session (requests.Session): The session used for making HTTP requests.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, url, compressed=False, additional_headers=None):
         """
         Initialize the LokiRequest object with the server URL, compression option, and additional headers.
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def send(self, data):
             if self.compressed:
                 self.headers["Content-Encoding"] = "gzip"
                 buf = IO()
-                with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf, mode='wb') as f:
+                with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf, mode="wb") as f:
                     f.write(data.encode("utf-8"))
                 data = buf.getvalue()
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def send(self, data):
 
         except requests.RequestException as e:
             sys.stderr.write("Error while sending logs: {}\n".format(e))
+            
             if response is not None:
                 sys.stderr.write(
                     "Response status code: {}, "
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ def send(self, data):
                         response.status_code, response.text, response.request.url
                     )
                 )
+            raise e   
 
         finally:
             if response: