diff --git a/client/net_xfer_curl.C b/client/net_xfer_curl.C
index d85fa07cbf..ef2c4b6eac 100644
--- a/client/net_xfer_curl.C
+++ b/client/net_xfer_curl.C
@@ -316,7 +316,13 @@ void NET_XFER_SET::got_select(FDSET_GROUP&, double timeout) {
             //       need to translate between the curl error codes and the equiv.
             //       BOINC error codes here.
             nxf->http_op_retval = HTTP_STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-            if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY) {
+            if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_OK) {
+                if ((nxf->response/100)*100 != HTTP_STATUS_OK) {
+                    nxf->http_op_retval = nxf->response;
+                } else {
+			        nxf->http_op_retval = nxf->response - 200;  
+                }
+            } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY) {
                 msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "An out of memory condition has been detected");
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_MALLOC;
             } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST) {
@@ -335,19 +341,17 @@ void NET_XFER_SET::got_select(FDSET_GROUP&, double timeout) {
                 msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "Attempting to communicate with [%s] timed out", nxf->hostname);
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_TIMEOUT;
             } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_READ_ERROR) {
+                msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "Attempting to read a file failed [%s]", nxf->strCurlResult);
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_FREAD;
             } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_WRITE_ERROR) {
+                msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "Attempting to write to a file failed [%s]", nxf->strCurlResult);
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_FWRITE;
             } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_RECV_ERROR) {
+                msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "Attempting to receive data from [%s] failed [%s]", nxf->hostname, nxf->strCurlResult);
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_READ;
             } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_SEND_ERROR) {
+                msg_printf(0, MSG_ERROR, "Attempting to send data to [%s] failed [%s]", nxf->hostname, nxf->strCurlResult);
                 nxf->http_op_retval = ERR_WRITE;
-            } else if (nxf->CurlResult == CURLE_OK) {
-                if ((nxf->response/100)*100 != HTTP_STATUS_OK) {
-                    nxf->http_op_retval = nxf->response;
-                } else {
-			        nxf->http_op_retval = nxf->response - 200;  
-                }
             }
 
 			if (!nxf->http_op_retval && nxf->http_op_type == HTTP_OP_POST2) {