diff --git a/lib/api/marianumcloud/talk/talkApi.dart b/lib/api/marianumcloud/talk/talkApi.dart
index ce37004..6e09927 100644
--- a/lib/api/marianumcloud/talk/talkApi.dart
+++ b/lib/api/marianumcloud/talk/talkApi.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'dart:developer';
+
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 
@@ -44,8 +46,16 @@ abstract class TalkApi<T> extends ApiRequest {
     }
     //dynamic jsonData = jsonDecode(data.body);
 
+    T assembled;
+    try {
+      assembled = assemble(data.body);
+      return assembled;
+    } catch (_) {
+      // TODO report error
+      log("Error assembling Talk API response on $endpoint with body: $body and headers: ${headers.toString()}");
+    }
 
-    return assemble(data.body);
+    throw Exception("Error assembling Talk API response");
   }
 
 }
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