diff --git a/bondfetch.js b/bondfetch.js
index 2f685a2..2841f92 100644
--- a/bondfetch.js
+++ b/bondfetch.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const TelegramBot = require('node-telegram-bot-api');
 
 const simCo = require('./simco-credentials');
 const tgInfo = require('./telegram-credentials');
-if (!simCo.cookie || !tgInfo.token || !tgInfo.infoChat) {
+if (!simCo.cookie || !tgInfo.token || !tgInfo.infoChat || !tgInfo.debugChat) {
     console.error("ERR: credentials not set.")
     return;
 }
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const bondFetchProcess = async (url) => {
         });
         var t1 = await BondData.json();
     } catch (e) {
+        tgBot.sendMessage(tgInfo.debugChat, `ERROR: fetching bonds:\n${e}`);
         console.error(e);
     }
     for (let data in t1) {
diff --git a/largefetch.js b/largefetch.js
index 33cd3e0..d3f6851 100644
--- a/largefetch.js
+++ b/largefetch.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const getFullData = async url => {
                 })
             }
         } else {
+            tgBot.sendMessage(tgInfo.debugChat, `ERROR: fetching market:\nStatus Code: ${marketData.status}`);
             throw ("fetch returned status code " + marketData.status);
         }
     }
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ const storeFullData = async marketData => {
             const querystring = `INSERT INTO marketv2 (kind,price,time, quality) VALUES (${kind},${price},${storedate}, ${quality})`
             connection.query(querystring, function (error, results, fields) {
                 if (error) {
+                    tgBot.sendMessage(tgInfo.debugChat, `ERROR: fetching market - database error:\n${error}`);
                     return connection.rollback(function () {
                         throw error;
                     });
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ const storeFullData = async marketData => {
             const querystring = `INSERT INTO marketcap (kind,quality,price,amount,time) VALUES (${kind},${quality},${price},${amount},${storedate})`;
             connection.query(querystring, function (error, results, fields) {
                 if (error) {
+                    tgBot.sendMessage(tgInfo.debugChat, `ERROR: fetching market - database error:\n${error}`);
                     return connection.rollback(function () {
                         throw error;
                     });