diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c41e6d86c..6feae58d04 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6209,7 +6209,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-data-observatory"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml b/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
index 39fa28f33f..c6bda86b68 100644
--- a/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "nym-data-observatory"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-data-observatory/src/price_scraper/mod.rs b/nym-data-observatory/src/price_scraper/mod.rs
index 6442118579..efb72a5e9a 100644
--- a/nym-data-observatory/src/price_scraper/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-data-observatory/src/price_scraper/mod.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ impl PriceScraper {
     async fn get_coingecko_prices(&self) -> anyhow::Result<CoingeckoPriceResponse> {
         tracing::info!("💰 Fetching CoinGecko prices from {COINGECKO_API_URL}");
 
-        let response = reqwest::get(COINGECKO_API_URL)
-            .await?
-            .json::<CoingeckoPriceResponse>()
-            .await;
+        let response = reqwest::get(COINGECKO_API_URL).await?;
+
+        if !response.status().is_success() {
+            tracing::error!(
+                "CoinGecko price query returned error: {}",
+                response.status()
+            );
+        }
+
+        let response = response.json::<CoingeckoPriceResponse>().await;
 
         tracing::info!("Got response {:?}", response);
         match response {