diff --git a/tom/network.py b/tom/network.py
index f71909a..8c5a219 100644
--- a/tom/network.py
+++ b/tom/network.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def _handle_request(
             result.headers = r.headers
     except HTTPError as e:
         result.status_code = e.code
+        result.text = e.read().decode("utf-8")
+        result.headers = e.headers
 
     return result
 
diff --git a/tom/packages.py b/tom/packages.py
index 1d9b181..c36e056 100644
--- a/tom/packages.py
+++ b/tom/packages.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def run(self, inputs):
                     "https://cfengine.com/release-data/%s/releases.json" % product
                 )
                 releases_request = network.get(releases_url)
-                if not releases_request.ok:
+                if releases_request.status_code != 200:
                     raise URLDownloadFailureException(
                         "failed to download %s, return code %d"
                         % (releases_url, releases_request.status_code)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def run(self, inputs):
     def collect_packages(self, url):
         """Given a release URL, returns a dict where keys are platform names, and values are {'url': 'http...'}"""
         release_request = network.get(url)
-        if not release_request.ok:
+        if release_request.status_code != 200:
             raise URLDownloadFailureException(
                 "failed to download %s, return code %d"
                 % (url, release_request.status_code)