diff --git a/headphones/request.py b/headphones/request.py
index 0e970f40..9892592e 100644
--- a/headphones/request.py
+++ b/headphones/request.py
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ def request_response(url, method="get", auto_raise=True, whitelist_status_code=N
         # is white listed.
         if whitelist_status_code and auto_raise:
             if response.status_code not in whitelist_status_code:
-                logger.debug("Response status code %d is not white listed, raising exception", response.status_code)
-                response.raise_for_status()
+                try:
+                    response.raise_for_status()
+                except:
+                    logger.debug("Response status code %d is not white listed, raised exception", response.status_code)
+                    raise
         elif auto_raise:
             response.raise_for_status()