diff --git a/src/PortableRest/RestClient.cs b/src/PortableRest/RestClient.cs
index 5120686..207a23e 100644
--- a/src/PortableRest/RestClient.cs
+++ b/src/PortableRest/RestClient.cs
@@ -433,10 +433,11 @@ private static async Task<T> GetResponseContent<T>([NotNull] RestRequest restReq
         /// <returns></returns>
         private static async Task<string> GetRawResponseContent([NotNull] HttpResponseMessage response)
         {
-            //RWM: Explicitly check for NoContent... because the request was successful but there is nothing to do.
-            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode && response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
+            //KW: If there's content I want to know what it is regardless of the wether the response has a success code
+            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
             {
-                return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                string stringContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringContent) ? null : stringContent;
             }
             return null;
         }
@@ -468,7 +469,10 @@ private static T DeserializeResponseContent<T>([NotNull] RestRequest restRequest
                     }
                     catch (JsonSerializationException jEx)
                     {
-                        throw new PortableRestException("The JsonConverter failed. Please see InnerException for details.", jEx);
+                        var prEx = new PortableRestException(
+                            "The JsonConverter failed. Please see InnerException " +
+                            $"for details. StatusCode {response.StatusCode} : ReasonPhrase {response.ReasonPhrase}", jEx);
+                        throw prEx;
                     }
             }