diff --git a/contrib/push_locale b/contrib/push_locale
index 6d495fc5f..53cb17f97 100755
--- a/contrib/push_locale
+++ b/contrib/push_locale
@@ -79,18 +79,15 @@ subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
 os.chdir(os.path.join(project_root, "electrum"))
 
 crowdin_api_key = None
-
 filename = os.path.expanduser('~/.crowdin_api_key')
 if os.path.exists(filename):
     with open(filename) as f:
         crowdin_api_key = f.read().strip()
-
 if "crowdin_api_key" in os.environ:
     crowdin_api_key = os.environ["crowdin_api_key"]
-
 if not crowdin_api_key:
     print('Missing crowdin_api_key. Cannot push.')
-    sys.exit(0)
+    sys.exit(1)
 print('Found crowdin_api_key. Will push updated source-strings to crowdin.')
 
 crowdin_project_id = 20482  # for "Electrum" project on crowdin
@@ -100,24 +97,30 @@ crowdin_file_id = 68  # for "/electrum-client/messages.pot"
 global_headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(crowdin_api_key)}
 
 # client.storages.add_storage(f)
+# https://support.crowdin.com/developer/api/v2/?q=api#tag/Storage/operation/api.storages.post
 print(f"Uploading to temp storage...")
 url = f'https://api.crowdin.com/api/v2/storages'
 with open(locale_file_name, 'rb') as f:
     headers = {**global_headers, **{"Crowdin-API-FileName": crowdin_file_name}}
     response = requests.request("POST", url, data=f, headers=headers)
+    response.raise_for_status()
     print("", "storages.add_storage:", "-" * 20, response.text, "-" * 20, sep="\n")
     storage_id = response.json()["data"]["id"]
 
 # client.source_files.update_file(projectId=crowdin_project_id, storageId=storage_id, fileId=crowdin_file_id)
+# https://support.crowdin.com/developer/api/v2/?q=api#tag/Source-Files/operation/api.projects.files.put
 print(f"Copying from temp storage and updating file in perm storage...")
 url = f'https://api.crowdin.com/api/v2/projects/{crowdin_project_id}/files/{crowdin_file_id}'
 headers = {**global_headers, **{"content-type": "application/json"}}
 response = requests.request("PUT", url, json={"storageId": storage_id}, headers=headers)
+response.raise_for_status()
 print("", "source_files.update_file:", "-" * 20, response.text, "-" * 20, sep="\n")
 
 # client.translations.build_crowdin_project_translation(projectId=crowdin_project_id)
+# https://support.crowdin.com/developer/api/v2/?q=api#tag/Translations/operation/api.projects.translations.builds.post
 print(f"Rebuilding translations...")
 url = f'https://api.crowdin.com/api/v2/projects/{crowdin_project_id}/translations/builds'
 headers = {**global_headers, **{"content-type": "application/json"}}
 response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers)
+response.raise_for_status()
 print("", "translations.build_crowdin_project_translation:", "-" * 20, response.text, "-" * 20, sep="\n")