diff --git a/runtimes/core/src/api/call.rs b/runtimes/core/src/api/call.rs
index 6ad29db293..e5d0227b48 100644
--- a/runtimes/core/src/api/call.rs
+++ b/runtimes/core/src/api/call.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ impl ServiceRegistry {
                 Ok((req, resp_schema)) => {
                     let fut = http_client.execute(req);
                     match fut.await {
-                        Ok(resp) => resp_schema.extract(resp).await,
+                        Ok(resp) => {
+                            if !resp.status().is_success() {
+                                return Err(extract_error(resp).await);
+                            }
+                            resp_schema.extract(resp).await
+                        }
                         Err(e) => Err(api::Error::internal(e)),
                     }
                 }
@@ -526,3 +531,12 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+async fn extract_error(resp: reqwest::Response) -> api::Error {
+    match resp.bytes().await {
+        Ok(bytes) => serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            api::Error::invalid_argument("unable to parse error response", err)
+        }),
+        Err(err) => api::Error::invalid_argument("unable to read response body", err),
+    }
+}