diff --git a/cli/flow.ts b/cli/flow.ts
index f47d319a07..929e0c2b34 100644
--- a/cli/flow.ts
+++ b/cli/flow.ts
@@ -115,14 +115,20 @@ export async function pushFlow(
     });
   } else {
     log.info(colors.bold.yellow("Creating new flow..."));
-    await FlowService.createFlow({
-      workspace: workspace,
-      requestBody: {
-        path: remotePath.replaceAll(SEP, "/"),
-        deployment_message: message,
-        ...localFlow,
-      },
-    });
+    try {
+      await FlowService.createFlow({
+        workspace: workspace,
+        requestBody: {
+          path: remotePath.replaceAll(SEP, "/"),
+          deployment_message: message,
+          ...localFlow,
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to create flow ${remotePath}: ${e.body ?? e.message}`
+      );
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/folder.ts b/cli/folder.ts
index 4c1ddd85c0..ecc6e56e24 100644
--- a/cli/folder.ts
+++ b/cli/folder.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ export async function pushFolder(
         },
       });
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(e.body);
-      throw e;
+      throw Error(`Failed to create folder ${name}: ${e.body ?? e.message}`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/script.ts b/cli/script.ts
index 408f131b60..5ac01324f6 100644
--- a/cli/script.ts
+++ b/cli/script.ts
@@ -366,11 +366,19 @@ async function createScript(
   workspace: Workspace
 ) {
   if (!bundleContent) {
-    // no parent hash
-    await ScriptService.createScript({
-      workspace: workspaceId,
-      requestBody: body,
-    });
+    try {
+      // no parent hash
+      await ScriptService.createScript({
+        workspace: workspaceId,
+        requestBody: body,
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw Error(
+        `Script creation for ${body.path} with parent ${
+          body.parent_hash
+        }  was not successful: ${e.body ?? e.message}`
+      );
+    }
   } else {
     const form = new FormData();
     form.append("script", JSON.stringify(body));