diff --git a/lib/github/index.js b/lib/github/index.js
index 5a39efd..a260a43 100644
--- a/lib/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/github/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const chalk = require('chalk')
 const getBatchIssue = require('./batch')
 const { conf } = require('../config')
 const { getProjectName, getGraph } = require('./utils')
+const { dressError } = require('../utils')
 
 const { getLabels, ensureLabelsAreCreated } = require('./labels')
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = {
           ])
       )
     } catch (err) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to paginate octakit request for existing issues in repository ${conf.ghRepo}, error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+      throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to paginate octakit request for existing issues in repository ${conf.ghRepo}`))
     }
   },
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
     try {
       return await this.client.issues.create(options)
     } catch (err) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to ${options.issue_number ? 'update' : 'create'} issue: ${options.issue_number ? options.issue_number : options.title}, error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+      throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to ${options.issue_number ? 'update' : 'create'} issue: ${options.issue_number ? options.issue_number : options.title}`))
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/lib/github/labels.js b/lib/github/labels.js
index c73564d..b4e6272 100644
--- a/lib/github/labels.js
+++ b/lib/github/labels.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { conf } = require('../config')
-const { uniq } = require('../utils')
+const { uniq, dressError } = require('../utils')
 
 const LABELS = {
   snyk: {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const ensureLabelsAreCreated = async (octokit, client, ghOwner, ghRepo, issues)
       (response) => response.data
     )
   } catch (err) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to paginate octakit request for labels in repository ${ghRepo}, error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+    throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to paginate octakit request for labels in repository: ${ghRepo}`))
   }
 
   const currentLabels = responseData.map((x) => x.name)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const ensureLabelsAreCreated = async (octokit, client, ghOwner, ghRepo, issues)
             console.log(`Created GitHub label: "${name}"`)
           })
       } catch (err) {
-        throw new Error(`Failed to create GitHub label '${name}', error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+        throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to create GitHub label '${name}' in repository: ${ghRepo}`))
       }
     })
   )
diff --git a/lib/snyk.js b/lib/snyk.js
index 991467c..9f2adff 100644
--- a/lib/snyk.js
+++ b/lib/snyk.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const request = require('request-promise-native')
+const { dressError } = require('./utils')
 
 const baseV1Url = 'https://snyk.io/api/v1'
 const baseRestUrl = 'https://api.snyk.io/rest'
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = class Snyk {
 
       return response.data
     } catch (err) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to query snyk organization with id ${organizationId}, error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+      throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to query snyk organization with id ${organizationId}`))
     }
   }
 
@@ -138,6 +139,6 @@ async function paginateRestResponseData (url, headers, method = 'get') {
 
     return reponseData
   } catch (err) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to paginate request for ${method} ${url}, error: ${err.message}`, { cause: err })
+    throw new Error(dressError(err, `Failed to paginate request for ${method} ${url}`))
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index c245224..fdb2c10 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ const capitalize = (s) => {
 
 const uniq = (array) => [...new Set(array)]
 
+const dressError = (err, msg) => {
+  return `${msg}, error: ${err.status ? err.status + ' - ' : ''}${err.message}, response: ${err.response}`
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   capitalize,
   compare: {
@@ -82,5 +86,6 @@ module.exports = {
     versionArrays: compareVersionArrays,
     arrays: compareArrays
   },
-  uniq
+  uniq,
+  dressError
 }