diff --git a/app/Lib/Tools/HttpSocketExtended.php b/app/Lib/Tools/HttpSocketExtended.php
index 7213fc5fa..9ca042c35 100644
--- a/app/Lib/Tools/HttpSocketExtended.php
+++ b/app/Lib/Tools/HttpSocketExtended.php
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ class HttpSocketHttpException extends Exception
     {
         $this->response = $response;
         $this->url = $url;
+
         $message = "Remote server returns HTTP error code $response->code";
         if ($url) {
             $message .= " for URL $url";
         }
+        if ($response->body) {
+            $message .= ': ' . substr($response->body, 0, 100);
+        }
+
         parent::__construct($message, (int)$response->code);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Model/Sighting.php b/app/Model/Sighting.php
index d19148bf8..7384869b9 100644
--- a/app/Model/Sighting.php
+++ b/app/Model/Sighting.php
@@ -1017,16 +1017,16 @@ class Sighting extends AppModel
      * @return TmpFileTool
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function restSearch(array $user, $returnFormat, $filters)
+    public function restSearch(array $user, $returnFormat, array $filters)
     {
         $allowedContext = array('event', 'attribute');
         // validate context
         if (isset($filters['context']) && !in_array($filters['context'], $allowedContext, true)) {
-            throw new MethodNotAllowedException(__('Invalid context %s.', $filters['context']));
+            throw new BadRequestException(__('Invalid context %s.', $filters['context']));
         }
         // ensure that an id or uuid is provided if context is set
         if (!empty($filters['context']) && !(isset($filters['id']) || isset($filters['uuid'])) ) {
-            throw new MethodNotAllowedException(__('An ID or UUID must be provided if the context is set.'));
+            throw new BadRequestException(__('An ID or UUID must be provided if the context is set.'));
         }
 
         if (!isset($this->validFormats[$returnFormat][1])) {
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ class Sighting extends AppModel
             try {
                 $sightings = $serverSync->fetchSightingsForEvents($chunk);
             } catch (Exception $e) {
-                $this->logException("Failed downloading the sightings from {$serverSync->server()['Server']['name']}.", $e);
+                $this->logException("Failed to download sightings from {$serverSync->server()['Server']['name']}.", $e);
                 continue;
             }