diff --git a/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py b/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
index 52e937a8e89..96d71df4f71 100644
--- a/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
+++ b/docarray/array/mixins/io/pushpull.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os.path
 import warnings
 from collections import Counter
+from http import HTTPStatus
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Type, TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Any
 
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ def _get_chunk(_batch):
         if response.ok:
             return response.json()['data']
         else:
+            if response.status_code >= 400 and 'readableMessage' in response.json():
+                response.reason = response.json()['readableMessage']
             response.raise_for_status()
 
     @classmethod