diff --git a/src/routes/transcribe.js b/src/routes/transcribe.js
index 5c845be..1f09980 100644
--- a/src/routes/transcribe.js
+++ b/src/routes/transcribe.js
@@ -105,8 +105,12 @@ router.post('/transcribe', authMiddleware, upload.single('audio'), async (req, r
     console.log('[Transcribe] Whisper done in ' + (Date.now() - startTime) + 'ms');
     res.json({ success: true, text: text, provider: 'openai-whisper', duration: Date.now() - startTime });
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error('[Transcribe] Error:', err.message);
-    res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+    // Log full LiteLLM/upstream error body so we can diagnose
+    var detail = err.response && err.response.data
+      ? JSON.stringify(err.response.data).substring(0, 500)
+      : err.message;
+    console.error('[Transcribe] Error (' + provider + '):', detail);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: detail });
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/routes/tts.js b/src/routes/tts.js
index 26b958b..fe00a9c 100644
--- a/src/routes/tts.js
+++ b/src/routes/tts.js
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ router.post('/text-to-speech', authMiddleware, async (req, res) => {
 
     res.status(400).json({ error: 'TTS not configured. Set LITELLM_API_BASE or ELEVENLABS_API_KEY.' });
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error('[TTS] Error:', err.message);
-    res.status(500).json({ error: 'TTS failed: ' + err.message });
+    var detail = err.response && err.response.data
+      ? JSON.stringify(err.response.data).substring(0, 500)
+      : err.message;
+    console.error('[TTS] Error (' + ttsProvider + '):', detail);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'TTS failed: ' + detail });
   }
 });