diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
index cd1023c..408ae11 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ public class ServerUtils {
                 .build();
         HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
+        if(response.statusCode() != statusOK){
+            throw new IOException("No recipe to get. Server responds with " + response.statusCode());
+        }
+
+
         return objectMapper.readValue(response.body(), new TypeReference<List<Recipe>>() {
         });// JSON string-> List<Recipe> (Jackson)
     }
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
         if(response.statusCode() != statusOK){
-            throw new IOException("No recipe found with this id");
+            throw new IOException("failed finding recipe with id: "+ id + " body: " + response.statusCode());
         }
 
         return objectMapper.readValue(response.body(),Recipe.class);
@@ -72,28 +77,14 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         //Make sure the name of the newRecipe is unique
         List<Recipe> allRecipes = getRecipes();
 
-        boolean exists = allRecipes.stream()
-                .anyMatch(r -> r.getName().equals(newRecipe.getName()));
 
-        if(exists){
-            int version = 1;
-            String newName;
-
-            // Giving the recipe a unique name
-            while (true) {
-                newName = newRecipe.getName() + "(" + version + ")";
-                String finalNewName = newName;
-                boolean nameExists = allRecipes.stream()
-                        .anyMatch(r -> r.getName().equals(finalNewName));
-
-                if (!nameExists){
-                    newRecipe.setName(newName);
-                    break;
-                }else {
-                    version++;
-                }
-            }
+        int version = 1;
+        String originalName = newRecipe.getName();
+        while (allRecipes.stream().anyMatch(r -> r.getName().equals(newRecipe.getName()))) {
+            String newName = originalName + "(" + version++ + ")";
+            newRecipe.setName(newName);
         }
+
         String json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(newRecipe);
 
         //Recipe to backend
@@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
         if(response.statusCode() != statusOK){
-            throw new IOException("No recipe to add");
+            throw new IOException("Failed to add Recipe: " + newRecipe.getId() + "body: " + response.statusCode());
         }
 
         return objectMapper.readValue(response.body(),Recipe.class);
@@ -123,7 +114,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
         if(response.statusCode() != statusOK){
-            throw new IOException("No recipe to delete");
+            throw new IOException("Failed removing recipe with id: " + id + "body: " + response.statusCode());
         }
     }
 
@@ -142,7 +133,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
 
         //200 is the status code for success, other codes can mean there is no recipe to clone
         if(response.statusCode() != statusOK){
-            throw new IOException("No recipe to clone");
+            throw new IOException("Failed to get recipe to clone with id: " + id +  "body: " + response.statusCode());
         }
         // recipe exists so you can make a "new" recipe aka the clone
         Recipe recipe = objectMapper.readValue(response.body(), Recipe.class);