diff --git a/script/ci-release-build.js b/script/ci-release-build.js
index cae9be928c9e..be9f9597387f 100644
--- a/script/ci-release-build.js
+++ b/script/ci-release-build.js
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ async function makeRequest (requestOptions, parseResponse) {
           resolve(body)
         }
       } else {
+        console.error('Error occurred while requesting:', requestOptions.url)
         if (parseResponse) {
-          console.log('Error: ', `(status ${res.statusCode})`, err || JSON.parse(res.body), requestOptions)
+          try {
+            console.log('Error: ', `(status ${res.statusCode})`, err || JSON.parse(res.body), requestOptions)
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.log('Error: ', `(status ${res.statusCode})`, err || res.body, requestOptions)
+          }
         } else {
           console.log('Error: ', `(status ${res.statusCode})`, err || res.body, requestOptions)
         }