diff --git a/provider/huggingchat.py b/provider/huggingchat.py
index cebb5c1bb798..00b3ca9d3726 100644
--- a/provider/huggingchat.py
+++ b/provider/huggingchat.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ def instruct(self, prompt: str) -> str:
             },
             stream=True,
         )
-
-        assert res.status_code == 200, "Failed to send message"
+        if res.status_code != 200:
+            print(f"Status code: {res.status_code}")
+            print(f"Response content: {res.content}")
+            raise Exception("Failed to send prompt to AI")
 
         last_response = None
         for chunk in res.iter_content(chunk_size=None):