diff --git a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.go b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.go
index 58aefc4f..656cfdcc 100644
--- a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.go
+++ b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/github.go
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ func Github(input tpmodels.ProviderInput) *tpmodels.TypeProvider {
 			basicAuthToken := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(clientConfig.ClientID + ":" + clientConfig.ClientSecret))
 			wrongClientIdError := errors.New("Access token does not belong to your application")
 
-			resp, err := doPostRequest("https://api.github.com/applications/"+clientConfig.ClientID+"/token", map[string]interface{}{
+			resp, status, err := doPostRequest("https://api.github.com/applications/"+clientConfig.ClientID+"/token", map[string]interface{}{
 				"access_token": accessToken,
 			}, map[string]interface{}{
 				"Authorization": "Basic " + basicAuthToken,
 				"Content-Type":  "application/json",
 			})
 
-			if err != nil {
+			if err != nil || status != 200 {
 				return errors.New("Invalid access token")
 			}
 
diff --git a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/oauth2_impl.go b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/oauth2_impl.go
index 2ac9bd72..6caa8aa2 100644
--- a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/oauth2_impl.go
+++ b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/oauth2_impl.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func oauth2_ExchangeAuthCodeForOAuthTokens(config tpmodels.ProviderConfigForClie
 	}
 	/* Transformation needed for dev keys END */
 
-	oAuthTokens, err := doPostRequest(tokenAPIURL, accessTokenAPIParams, nil)
+	oAuthTokens, _, err := doPostRequest(tokenAPIURL, accessTokenAPIParams, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/twitter.go b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/twitter.go
index d383f410..b89589ed 100644
--- a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/twitter.go
+++ b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/twitter.go
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ func Twitter(input tpmodels.ProviderInput) *tpmodels.TypeProvider {
 			twitterOauthParams["redirect_uri"] = redirectUri
 			twitterOauthParams["code"] = redirectURIInfo.RedirectURIQueryParams["code"]
 
-			return doPostRequest(originalImplementation.Config.TokenEndpoint, twitterOauthParams, map[string]interface{}{
+			resp, _, err := doPostRequest(originalImplementation.Config.TokenEndpoint, twitterOauthParams, map[string]interface{}{
 				"Authorization": "Basic " + basicAuthToken,
 			})
+
+			return resp, err
 		}
 
 		if oOverride != nil {
diff --git a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.go b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.go
index b868d5d5..aa9ac414 100644
--- a/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.go
+++ b/recipe/thirdparty/providers/utils.go
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ func doGetRequest(url string, queryParams map[string]interface{}, headers map[st
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func doPostRequest(url string, params map[string]interface{}, headers map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func doPostRequest(url string, params map[string]interface{}, headers map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, int, error) {
 	supertokens.LogDebugMessage(fmt.Sprintf("POST request to %s, with form fields %v and headers %v", url, params, headers))
 
 	postBody, err := qs.Marshal(params)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, -1, err
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(postBody)))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, -1, err
 	}
 	for key, value := range headers {
 		req.Header.Set(key, value.(string))
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ func doPostRequest(url string, params map[string]interface{}, headers map[string
 	client := &http.Client{}
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, resp.StatusCode, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, resp.StatusCode, err
 	}
 
 	supertokens.LogDebugMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Received response with status %d and body %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body)))
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ func doPostRequest(url string, params map[string]interface{}, headers map[string
 	var result map[string]interface{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, resp.StatusCode, err
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("POST request to %s resulted in %d status with body %s", url, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+		return nil, resp.StatusCode, fmt.Errorf("POST request to %s resulted in %d status with body %s", url, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
 	}
 
-	return result, nil
+	return result, resp.StatusCode, nil
 }
 
 // JWKS utils