diff --git a/src/pages/api/widgets/kubernetes.js b/src/pages/api/widgets/kubernetes.js
index 0859212fa..778a6aa13 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/widgets/kubernetes.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/widgets/kubernetes.js
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
       .then((response) => response.body)
       .catch((error) => {
         logger.error("Error getting ingresses: %d %s %s", error.statusCode, error.body, error.response);
+        logger.debug(error);
         return null;
       });
     if (!nodes) {
       return res.status(500).send({
-        error: "unknown error",
+        error: "An error occurred while fetching nodes, check logs for more details.",
       });
     }
     let cpuTotal = 0;
diff --git a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
index e8070bc70..0dfbc9448 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export async function servicesFromKubernetes() {
       .then((response) => response.body)
       .catch((error) => {
         logger.error("Error getting ingresses: %d %s %s", error.statusCode, error.body, error.response);
+        logger.debug(error);
         return null;
       });
 
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ export async function servicesFromKubernetes() {
             error.body,
             error.response,
           );
+          logger.debug(error);
         }
 
         return [];
@@ -231,6 +233,7 @@ export async function servicesFromKubernetes() {
             error.body,
             error.response,
           );
+          logger.debug(error);
         }
 
         return [];
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ export async function servicesFromKubernetes() {
           constructedService = JSON.parse(substituteEnvironmentVars(JSON.stringify(constructedService)));
         } catch (e) {
           logger.error("Error attempting k8s environment variable substitution.");
+          logger.debug(e);
         }
 
         return constructedService;