diff --git a/src/error/HttpError.ts b/src/error/HttpError.ts
index 2e29be0..fbab7b9 100644
--- a/src/error/HttpError.ts
+++ b/src/error/HttpError.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 export class HttpError extends Error {
   public readonly status: number;
+  public readonly statusText: string;
   public readonly headers: Record<string, string[] | string | undefined>;
 
-  constructor(status: number, headers: Record<string, string[] | string | undefined>) {
+  constructor(status: number, statusText: string, headers: Record<string, string[] | string | undefined>) {
     super();
 
     this.status = status;
+    this.statusText = statusText;
     this.headers = headers;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/Fetcher.ts b/src/utils/Fetcher.ts
index 10414eb..aa8212c 100644
--- a/src/utils/Fetcher.ts
+++ b/src/utils/Fetcher.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class Fetcher {
       throw new BlockedError('unknown', httpCacheItem.policy.responseHeaders());
     }
 
-    throw new HttpError(httpCacheItem.status, responseHeaders);
+    throw new HttpError(httpCacheItem.status, httpCacheItem.statusText, responseHeaders);
   };
 
   private readonly determineTtl = (httpCacheItem: HttpCacheItem): number => {
diff --git a/src/utils/StreamResolver.test.ts b/src/utils/StreamResolver.test.ts
index ea8b7d5..8f60009 100644
--- a/src/utils/StreamResolver.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/StreamResolver.test.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('resolve', () => {
           {
             url: new URL('https://example4.com'),
             isExternal: true,
-            error: new HttpError(500, { 'x-foo': 'bar' }),
+            error: new HttpError(500, 'Internal Server Error', { 'x-foo': 'bar' }),
             label: 'hoster.com',
             sourceId: '',
             meta: {
diff --git a/src/utils/StreamResolver.ts b/src/utils/StreamResolver.ts
index 861b10b..83f6768 100644
--- a/src/utils/StreamResolver.ts
+++ b/src/utils/StreamResolver.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ export class StreamResolver {
     }
 
     if (error instanceof HttpError) {
-      this.logger.error(`${source}: HTTP status ${error.status}, headers: ${JSON.stringify(error.headers)}.`, ctx);
-      return `❌ Request failed with status ${error.status}. Request-id: ${ctx.id}.`;
+      this.logger.error(`${source}: HTTP status ${error.status} (${error.statusText}), headers: ${JSON.stringify(error.headers)}.`, ctx);
+      return `❌ Request failed with status ${error.status} (${error.statusText}). Request-id: ${ctx.id}.`;
     }
 
     const cause = (error as Error & { cause?: unknown }).cause;
diff --git a/src/utils/__snapshots__/StreamResolver.test.ts.snap b/src/utils/__snapshots__/StreamResolver.test.ts.snap
index aec952a..a6c4da9 100644
--- a/src/utils/__snapshots__/StreamResolver.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/utils/__snapshots__/StreamResolver.test.ts.snap
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ exports[`resolve adds error info 1`] = `
       "name": "WebStreamr N/A ⚠️ external",
       "title": "🌐 German 🇩🇪
 🔗 hoster.com
-❌ Request failed with status 500. Request-id: id.",
+❌ Request failed with status 500 (Internal Server Error). Request-id: id.",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ exports[`resolve adds error info 2`] = `
       "name": "WebStreamr N/A",
       "title": "🌐 German 🇩🇪
 🔗 hoster.com
-❌ Request failed with status 500. Request-id: id.",
+❌ Request failed with status 500 (Internal Server Error). Request-id: id.",
       "ytId": "E4WlUXrJgy4",
     },
   ],