diff --git a/zoom_integration/api.py b/zoom_integration/api.py
index 43c30a5..239cf17 100644
--- a/zoom_integration/api.py
+++ b/zoom_integration/api.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def create_zoom_session(resource: str, body: dict) -> dict:
 		create_request_log(data, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Completed")
 		return data
 
-	create_request_log(response.text, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Failed")
-	frappe.throw(f"Failed to create {resource[:-1]} on Zoom: {response.text}")
+	log_failed_response(response)
+	frappe.throw(f"Failed to create {resource[:-1]} on Zoom ({response.status_code}): {response.text}")
 
 
 def update_zoom_session(resource: str, session_id: str, body: dict) -> None:
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def add_zoom_registrant(resource: str, session_id: str, body: dict) -> dict:
 	response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(body))
 
 	if response.status_code not in (200, 201):
-		create_request_log(response.text, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Failed")
-		frappe.throw(f"Failed to add registrant on Zoom: {response.text}")
+		log_failed_response(response)
+		frappe.throw(f"Failed to add registrant on Zoom ({response.status_code}): {response.text}")
 
 	data = response.json()
 	create_request_log(data, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Completed")
@@ -95,3 +95,15 @@ def get_zoom_participants(resource: str, session_uuid: str) -> list[dict]:
 	encoded_uuid = quote(session_uuid, safe="")
 	url = f"{ZOOM_API_BASE_PATH}/past_{resource}/{encoded_uuid}/participants?page_size={DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE}"
 	return _paginate(url, "participants")
+
+
+def log_failed_response(response) -> None:
+	"""Log a failed Zoom call. Its body is not always JSON (a gateway error is HTML or
+	empty), and `create_request_log` parses a string as JSON, so the body goes in as text."""
+	create_request_log(
+		{"status_code": response.status_code},
+		is_remote_request=1,
+		service_name="Zoom",
+		status="Failed",
+		error=response.text,
+	)
diff --git a/zoom_integration/tests/test_request_logging.py b/zoom_integration/tests/test_request_logging.py
index bf0d684..b199c03 100644
--- a/zoom_integration/tests/test_request_logging.py
+++ b/zoom_integration/tests/test_request_logging.py
@@ -30,3 +30,24 @@ def test_access_token_is_never_written_to_the_request_log(self):
 		self.assertTrue(logged, "expected the call to be logged")
 		for row in logged:
 			self.assertNotIn("Authorization", row.request_headers or "")
+
+	def test_a_failure_with_a_non_json_body_is_logged_and_reported(self):
+		existing = set(frappe.get_all("Integration Request", pluck="name"))
+
+		with (
+			patch.object(api, "get_authenticated_headers_for_zoom", return_value=TEST_ZOOM_HEADERS),
+			patch.object(api, "requests") as mock_requests,
+		):
+			mock_requests.post.return_value = mock_response(502, text="<html>Bad Gateway</html>")
+			with self.assertRaises(frappe.ValidationError) as raised:
+				api.create_zoom_session("meetings", {"topic": "Logging Test"})
+
+		self.assertIn("502", str(raised.exception))
+		logged = frappe.get_all(
+			"Integration Request",
+			filters={"name": ["not in", list(existing)], "status": "Failed"},
+			fields=["data", "error"],
+		)
+		self.assertEqual(len(logged), 1)
+		self.assertIn("502", logged[0].data)
+		self.assertIn("Bad Gateway", logged[0].error)
diff --git a/zoom_integration/zoom_integration/doctype/zoom_webinar/zoom_webinar.py b/zoom_integration/zoom_integration/doctype/zoom_webinar/zoom_webinar.py
index 2c32589..b15d1cc 100644
--- a/zoom_integration/zoom_integration/doctype/zoom_webinar/zoom_webinar.py
+++ b/zoom_integration/zoom_integration/doctype/zoom_webinar/zoom_webinar.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from frappe.utils import cint, format_datetime, getdate
 from frappe.utils.data import convert_utc_to_timezone, get_datetime, get_time
 
+from zoom_integration.api import log_failed_response
 from zoom_integration.utils import ZOOM_API_BASE_PATH, get_authenticated_headers_for_zoom
 
 ATTENDANCE_SYNC_BATCH_SIZE = 300  # Zoom API allows max 300 per page
@@ -83,13 +84,8 @@ def create_webinar_on_zoom(self):
 			frappe.msgprint(_("Webinar created successfully on Zoom."))
 			create_request_log(data, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Completed")
 		else:
-			create_request_log(
-				response.text,
-				is_remote_request=1,
-				service_name="Zoom",
-				status="Failed",
-			)
-			frappe.throw("Failed to create webinar on Zoom: {0}".format(response.text))
+			log_failed_response(response)
+			frappe.throw(f"Failed to create webinar on Zoom ({response.status_code}): {response.text}")
 
 	def on_update(self):
 		if not self.zoom_webinar_id:
@@ -227,13 +223,8 @@ def add_registrant(
 		response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=body)
 
 		if response.status_code not in (200, 201):
-			create_request_log(
-				response.text,
-				is_remote_request=1,
-				service_name="Zoom",
-				status="Failed",
-			)
-			frappe.throw(frappe._(f"Failed to add registrant: {response.text}"))
+			log_failed_response(response)
+			frappe.throw(frappe._(f"Failed to add registrant ({response.status_code}): {response.text}"))
 
 		data = response.json()
 		create_request_log(data, is_remote_request=1, service_name="Zoom", status="Completed")