diff --git a/embedder/ollama/api.go b/embedder/ollama/api.go
index b0233112..5e6be62d 100644
--- a/embedder/ollama/api.go
+++ b/embedder/ollama/api.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func (r *request) ContentType() string {
 type response struct {
 	HTTPStatusCode    int       `json:"-"`
 	acceptContentType string    `json:"-"`
+	RawBody           []byte    `json:"-"`
 	Embedding         []float64 `json:"embedding"`
 	CreatedAt         string    `json:"created_at"`
 }
@@ -46,7 +47,13 @@ func (r *response) Decode(body io.Reader) error {
 	return json.NewDecoder(body).Decode(r)
 }
 
-func (r *response) SetBody(_ io.Reader) error {
+func (r *response) SetBody(body io.Reader) error {
+	rawBody, err := io.ReadAll(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	r.RawBody = rawBody
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/embedder/ollama/ollama.go b/embedder/ollama/ollama.go
index 54379303..b15766e4 100644
--- a/embedder/ollama/ollama.go
+++ b/embedder/ollama/ollama.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package ollamaembedder
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/henomis/restclientgo"
 
@@ -14,6 +17,14 @@ const (
 	defaultEndpoint = "http://localhost:11434/api"
 )
 
+type OllamaEmbedError struct {
+	Err error
+}
+
+func (e *OllamaEmbedError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Error embedding text: %v", e.Err)
+}
+
 type Embedder struct {
 	model      string
 	restClient *restclientgo.RestClient
@@ -88,5 +99,11 @@ func (e *Embedder) embed(ctx context.Context, text string) (embedder.Embedding,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if resp.HTTPStatusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest {
+		return nil, &OllamaEmbedError{
+			Err: errors.New(string(resp.RawBody)),
+		}
+	}
+
 	return resp.Embedding, nil
 }