diff --git a/atroposlib/envs/base.py b/atroposlib/envs/base.py
index 65a41581..c8aaf53a 100644
--- a/atroposlib/envs/base.py
+++ b/atroposlib/envs/base.py
@@ -684,7 +684,19 @@ class BaseEnv(ABC):
                 f"{self.config.rollout_server_url}/status-env",
                 json={"env_id": self.env_id},
             ) as resp:
-                self.status_dict = await resp.json()
+                try:
+                    # Raise an exception for bad status codes (4xx or 5xx)
+                    resp.raise_for_status()
+                    # Attempt to parse the response as JSON
+                    self.status_dict = await resp.json()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Handle HTTP errors (raised by raise_for_status)
+                    error_text = await resp.text()  # Read the response text for logging
+                    logger.error(
+                        f"Error fetching status from rollout server. Status: {e.status}, Message: {e.message}. Response: {error_text}"  # noqa: E501
+                    )
+                    # Re-raise the exception to allow the @retry decorator to handle it
+                    raise
                 new_weight = self.status_dict["env_weight"]
                 max_num_workers = self.config.max_num_workers
                 if max_num_workers == -1: