diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 157977c4..0841336c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version=0.7.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
 ossrh.username=tecton-team
diff --git a/src/main/java/ai/tecton/client/transport/TectonHttpClient.java b/src/main/java/ai/tecton/client/transport/TectonHttpClient.java
index 228d3cd5..6d7faea6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ai/tecton/client/transport/TectonHttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ai/tecton/client/transport/TectonHttpClient.java
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ public HttpResponse performRequest(String endpoint, HttpMethod method, String re
     try (Response response = call.execute()) {
       return new HttpResponse(response);
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new TectonClientException(e.getMessage());
+      throw new TectonClientException(
+          String.format(
+              "Caught Exception of type %s and message %s", e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage()),
+          e);
     }
   }