diff --git a/server/handler/try.go b/server/handler/try.go
index 145b1a9..e76891d 100644
--- a/server/handler/try.go
+++ b/server/handler/try.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package handler
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func tryUpstream(ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client,
 
 	// Try to request the file from the Gitea API
 	if !options.Upstream(ctx, giteaClient, redirectsCache) {
-		html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, "forge client failed", ctx.StatusCode)
+		html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Forge returned %d %s", ctx.StatusCode, http.StatusText(ctx.StatusCode)), ctx.StatusCode)
 	}
 }