diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index e94a4f139..371b83c40 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import k8s from "@kubernetes/client-node";
+import { StatusCodes as fetchStatus } from "http-status-codes";
 import utils from "ramda";
 import { Capability } from "./src/lib/capability";
 import { fetch, fetchRaw } from "./src/lib/fetch";
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export {
   utils,
   fetch,
   fetchRaw,
+  fetchStatus,
   k8s,
 
   // Export the imported type information for external packages
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d79d19ecc..ecd9699a5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "commander": "10.0.1",
         "express": "4.18.2",
         "fast-json-patch": "3.1.1",
+        "http-status-codes": "2.2.0",
         "node-fetch": "2.6.9",
         "node-forge": "1.3.1",
         "prettier": "2.8.8",
@@ -2617,6 +2618,11 @@
         "npm": ">=1.3.7"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/http-status-codes": {
+      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-status-codes/-/http-status-codes-2.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-feERVo9iWxvnejp3SEfm/+oNG517npqL2/PIA8ORjyOZjGC7TwCRQsZylciLS64i6pJ0wRYz3rkXLRwbtFa8Ng=="
+    },
     "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.4.24",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5297d75dc..562d727ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "commander": "10.0.1",
     "express": "4.18.2",
     "fast-json-patch": "3.1.1",
+    "http-status-codes": "2.2.0",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.9",
     "node-forge": "1.3.1",
     "prettier": "2.8.8",
diff --git a/src/cli/init/templates/capabilities/hello-pepr.ts b/src/cli/init/templates/capabilities/hello-pepr.ts
index 40797c432..f9b272622 100644
--- a/src/cli/init/templates/capabilities/hello-pepr.ts
+++ b/src/cli/init/templates/capabilities/hello-pepr.ts
@@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ When(a.ConfigMap)
   .IsCreated()
   .WithLabel("chuck-norris")
   .Then(async change => {
-    const joke = await fetch<TheChuckNorrisJoke>(
+    const response = await fetch<TheChuckNorrisJoke>(
       "https://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random?category=dev"
     );
 
-    // Add the Chuck Norris joke to the configmap
-    change.Raw.data["chuck-says"] = joke.value;
+    if (response.ok) {
+      // Add the Chuck Norris joke to the configmap
+      change.Raw.data["chuck-says"] = response.data.value;
+    }
   });
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/fetch.test.ts b/src/lib/fetch.test.ts
index d43a910a6..c66bd3f3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/fetch.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fetch.test.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ test.beforeEach(() => {
 
 test("fetch: should return without type data", async t => {
   const url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1";
-  const response = await fetch(url);
-  t.is(response["title"], "Example title");
+  const { data, ok } = await fetch(url);
+  t.is(ok, true);
+  t.is(data["title"], "Example title");
 });
 
 test("fetch: should return parsed JSON response as a specific type", async t => {
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ test("fetch: should return parsed JSON response as a specific type", async t =>
   }
 
   const url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1";
-  const data = await fetch<Todo>(url);
+  const { data, ok } = await fetch<Todo>(url);
+  t.is(ok, true);
   t.is(data.id, 1);
   t.is(typeof data.title, "string");
   t.is(typeof data.completed, "boolean");
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ test("fetch: should handle additional request options", async t => {
     },
   };
 
-  const data = await fetch(url, requestOptions);
+  const { data, ok } = await fetch(url, requestOptions);
+  t.is(ok, true);
   t.is(data["title"], "test todo");
   t.is(data["userId"], 1);
   t.is(data["completed"], false);
diff --git a/src/lib/fetch.ts b/src/lib/fetch.ts
index 1890c26cd..ed8244ba8 100644
--- a/src/lib/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/lib/fetch.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-Present The Pepr Authors
 
+import { StatusCodes } from "http-status-codes";
 import f, { RequestInfo, RequestInit } from "node-fetch";
+import logger from "./logger";
 export { f as fetchRaw };
 
 /**
@@ -18,13 +20,30 @@ export { f as fetchRaw };
  * @returns
  */
 export async function fetch<T>(url: URL | RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit) {
-  const resp = await f(url, init);
+  try {
+    logger.debug(`Fetching ${url}`);
 
-  // Throw an error if the response is not OK
-  if (!resp.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`HTTP ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`);
-  }
+    const resp = await f(url, init);
+    let data: T;
+
+    if (resp.ok) {
+      data = await resp.json();
+    }
 
-  const data = await resp.json();
-  return data as T;
+    return {
+      data,
+      ok: resp.ok,
+      status: resp.status,
+      statusText: resp.statusText,
+    };
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.debug(`Fetch failed: ${e.message}`);
+
+    return {
+      data: null,
+      ok: false,
+      status: e.code || StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST,
+      statusText: e.message,
+    };
+  }
 }