diff --git a/LCU/Maintenance/MDB_tools/cli/probe_mdb.py b/LCU/Maintenance/MDB_tools/cli/probe_mdb.py
index 43bd52d7bed1658021130df4a465af368ae70e40..3864165896f65a14a7d05430bbe7c86dd3d15184 100755
--- a/LCU/Maintenance/MDB_tools/cli/probe_mdb.py
+++ b/LCU/Maintenance/MDB_tools/cli/probe_mdb.py
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ def query_api_for_stationtest_rtsm_results(query_string, address, next_url=None)
         else:
             return extracted_content
     else:
-        return []
+        logging.error('error querying %s: http response code %d - %s, %s',
+                      full_address, response.status_code,
+                      response.reason, response.content)
+        raise Exception('Error querying {}'.format(address))
 
 
 def get_url_string_to_select_timespan(from_date, to_date):