diff --git a/clk-gateway/src/helpers.ts b/clk-gateway/src/helpers.ts
index 394679f0..b5a84a0d 100644
--- a/clk-gateway/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/clk-gateway/src/helpers.ts
@@ -193,9 +193,10 @@ export async function getBatchInfo(batchNumber: number): Promise<BatchInfo> {
 }
 
 export async function fetchZyfiSponsored(
-  request: ZyfiSponsoredRequest
+  request: ZyfiSponsoredRequest,
+  operation = "unknown",
 ): Promise<ZyfiSponsoredResponse> {
-  console.log(`zyfiSponsoredUrl: ${zyfiSponsoredUrl}`);
+  console.log(`ZyFi request [${operation}]: ${JSON.stringify(request)}`);
   const response = await fetch(zyfiSponsoredUrl!, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
@@ -205,12 +206,22 @@ export async function fetchZyfiSponsored(
     body: JSON.stringify(request),
   });
 
+  const responseBody = await response.json();
   if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch zyfi sponsored`);
+    console.error(
+      `ZyFi error [${operation}] ${response.status} ${response.statusText}:`,
+      responseBody,
+    );
+    const detail =
+      (responseBody as { message?: string }).message ??
+      JSON.stringify(responseBody);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch zyfi sponsored [${operation}]: ${detail}`);
   }
-  const sponsoredResponse = (await response.json()) as ZyfiSponsoredResponse;
 
-  return sponsoredResponse;
+  console.log(
+    `ZyFi response [${operation}]: ${JSON.stringify(responseBody)}`,
+  );
+  return responseBody as ZyfiSponsoredResponse;
 }
 
 function decodeCommitData(commitData: string) {
diff --git a/clk-gateway/src/index.ts b/clk-gateway/src/index.ts
index 5b3807be..c568ebec 100644
--- a/clk-gateway/src/index.ts
+++ b/clk-gateway/src/index.ts
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ app.post(
       let response;
       if (zyfiSponsoredUrl) {
         const zyfiRequest = buildZyfiRegisterRequest(owner, name, sub);
-        const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(zyfiRequest);
-        console.log(`ZyFi response: ${JSON.stringify(zyfiResponse)}`);
+        const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(zyfiRequest, "register");
 
         await admin.auth().revokeRefreshTokens(decodedToken.uid);
 
diff --git a/clk-gateway/src/routes/names.ts b/clk-gateway/src/routes/names.ts
index 55a3030c..d66b15d0 100644
--- a/clk-gateway/src/routes/names.ts
+++ b/clk-gateway/src/routes/names.ts
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ router.post(
     let response;
     if (zyfiSponsoredUrl) {
       const zyfiRequest = buildZyfiRegisterRequest(owner, name, sub);
-      const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(zyfiRequest);
-      console.log(`ZyFi response: ${JSON.stringify(zyfiResponse)}`);
+      const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(zyfiRequest, "register");
 
       // await admin.auth().revokeRefreshTokens(decodedToken.uid);
 
@@ -268,8 +267,10 @@ router.post(
         data.key,
         data.value,
       );
-      const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(zyfiRequest);
-      console.log(`ZyFi response: ${JSON.stringify(zyfiResponse)}`);
+      const zyfiResponse = await fetchZyfiSponsored(
+        zyfiRequest,
+        "set-text-record",
+      );
 
       response = await l2Wallet.sendTransaction(zyfiResponse.txData);
     } else {