diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 9bf26f7..cc38567 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -82,14 +82,27 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
     })
 
     if (isUnexpected(response)) {
-      if (response.body.error) {
+      // Extract x-ms-error-code from headers if available
+      const errorCode = response.headers['x-ms-error-code']
+      const errorCodeMsg = errorCode ? ` (error code: ${errorCode})` : ''
+      
+      // Check if response body exists and contains error details
+      if (response.body && response.body.error) {
         throw response.body.error
       }
+      
+      // Handle case where response body is missing
+      if (!response.body) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to get response from AI service (status: ${response.status})${errorCodeMsg}. ` +
+          'Please check network connection and endpoint configuration.'
+        )
+      }
+      
+      // Handle other error cases
       throw new Error(
-        'An error occurred while fetching the response (' +
-          response.status +
-          '): ' +
-          response.body
+        `AI service returned error response (status: ${response.status})${errorCodeMsg}: ` +
+        (typeof response.body === 'string' ? response.body : JSON.stringify(response.body))
       )
     }