diff --git a/inc/spamnoticer.php b/inc/spamnoticer.php
index d661f2a2..b7c3585b 100644
--- a/inc/spamnoticer.php
+++ b/inc/spamnoticer.php
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ function checkWithSpamNoticer($config, $post, $boardname) {
                 print_err($body);
                 $reasons_bitmap = json_decode($body)->reason;
                 $result->reason = renderReasons($reasons_bitmap);
+            } else if ($config['debug']) {
+                print_err((string) $response->getBody());
             }
         } else {
             print_err("spamnoticer status code: " . $status_code);
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 18fdc961..1040ac7f 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -1044,6 +1044,10 @@ function handle_post(){
 
         $spam_noticer_result = checkWithSpamNoticer($config, $post, $board['uri']);
 
+        if ($spam_noticer_result->succeeded && $spam_noticer_result->noticed) {
+            error($config['error']['spam_noticer'] . $spam_noticer_result->reason);
+        }
+
         /*
          * If we have an error with posting this later, send back the
          * delete token to spamnoticer to remove the post from the recent
@@ -1055,10 +1059,6 @@ function handle_post(){
 
         push_global_post_cleanup($f_spamnoticer_cleanup_on_err);
 
-        if ($spam_noticer_result->succeeded && $spam_noticer_result->noticed) {
-          error($config['error']['spam_noticer'] . $spam_noticer_result->reason);
-        }
-
         $debug['time']['post']['spam_noticer'] = round((microtime(true) - $time_1) * 1000, 2) . 'ms';
     }